full-fashioned

full-fashioned
/fool"fash"euhnd/, adj.
knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
[1880-85]

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  • Full dress — is a category dress codes that refers to most formal clothing available in Western society.CivilianFor a civilian, during the Victorian and Edwardian period, this corresponded to a frock coat in the day, and white tie at night. When morning dress …   Wikipedia

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  • full of beans — old fashioned very lively and full of energy …   English dictionary

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