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- adjective Pertaining to
costume ordress .
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Examples
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White and black have, in themselves, no costumal character; but they may be effectively used in combination with other colors.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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In the present instance, how exalted, how inspiring, is the appearance of God! how free from offensive diminution and costumal familiarity!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Down the long length, whose whitewashed walls were garnished with inscriptions, legal, moral, and religious, all sublime as far as size went, were ranged parallel rows of _négrillons_ in the vast costumal variety of a ragged school.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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