wearing
/ˈweɹɪŋ/ noun C2- The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
- The act by which something is worn. · formal crown-wearings
- That which is worn; clothes; garments.
Plural wearings
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“If I had been wearing a handkerchief like yours on my head, rags on my back, and worn-out shoes on my feet, you would not have known me.”
“I am very sure no nabob would have sent me a pair of horses worth 32,000 francs, wearing on their heads four diamonds valued at 5,000 francs each.”
In short, Madame Danglars, not being able personally to examine in detail the domestic economy and household arrangements of a man who gave away horses worth 30,000 francs and who went to the opera with a Greek slave wearing diamonds to the amount of a million of money, had deputed those eyes, by which she was accustomed to see, to give her a faithful account of the mode of life of this incomprehensible person.
“Then I should advise you to leave off wearing that style of dress.”
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