prink
verb (used with object)
to dress, groom, or decorate (someone or something) in a careful and showy manner.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The girls laughed again, and a general rustle betrayed that each was prinking a bit before the titled guest arrived.
From Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott