I recollect it was said by a witty lady of a handsome clergyman well remembered among us, that he had dressy eyes.
The dressy young blade said it was her husband's that put her in that expectation or at least it ought to be unless she were another Ephesian matron.
A bonnet is always worn even by those who occupy boxes, but it may be as dressy as one chooses to make it.
Broadcloth is regarded as the more dressy cloth, though waterproof is the more serviceable.
He had fixed it onto him in a sort of a dressy way, and strapped it round the waist with my shawl strap.
Why it wouldn't look dressy at all, Samantha, to put 'em on as you say.
Sez he, "It would look so dressy and fashionable to pass round pink water, or light blue, or light yeller.
Among 'em wuz the Chinamen's hair; he thought it wuz a dressy way to comb a man's hair, and he wondered dreamily how his would look if he let it grow out and braid it.
Of course I look very dressy and pretty in this costoom, but that is not my reason for wearin' it; you and Arvilly are always talking about political men who don't come up to the mark and do their duty by their constituents.
Why, when I courted my first wife, Samantha, my whiskers and my dressy looks wuz what won the day.
The straight trousers are much worn and preferred by some boys, and are considered more dressy when worn with a plaited skirt bosom with attached cuffs, pointed Eaton collar, and a narrow four-in-hand scarf and patent or dull leather shoes.
The plaited shirt bosom is the more dressy style, and may be of white or light colors, with stripes and figures or in solid colors.
The moment a dressy man of fashion finds that any thing he has patronized gets abroad, he drops the neckcloth or vest, or whatever it may be, and condemns the tailor as an "unsafe" fellow.
They have a refined taste in shawls, and are consequently in the confidence of dressy old women, who hold them up as examples of every thing that is good.
I wonder if that dressy girl with all the goods and chattels is bunked in our dormitory?
You can wear 'em with anything, and yet they're dressy too.
The others wear handsome dressy bonnets, such as they would assume for the theatre in the evening or for an afternoon reception.
The westerner cannot boast of cristata's dressy black collar, but otherwise he is more richly attired, although he may not be quite so showy.
Some wear very close black for a long period, for a distant relative; whilst others will wear dressy mourning for a short time in a case of death in the immediate family.
A ball dress should be made of either verydressy silk, or light, thin material made over silk.
I am always very dressy on those occasions, so I was dressed in black satin with a great deal of jet, and light blue feathers in my bonnet.
The Princess and English ladies were in very dressy tea-gowns, velvet and satin with lace and embroidery; Madame de Mohrenheim and I in ordinary tailor costumes.
I think you said you were going into the country; now people like to be dressy away from home.
She had gathered up her dressy morning robe in her hand, and hastened down her front steps at the first glimpse of Alexia across the way.
Little old Miss Seymour took three or four steps down the pavement, then turned and trotted back, the dressymorning robe still gathered in her hand.
Did you--were you the man who coined the phrase that my eyes were too dressy for the daytime?
He knew that a tawdry, vain, dressy girl was not likely to make good cheese and butter, and that a worldly, ungodly woman would make a sad wife and mistress of a family.
Carriage dress may be gayer in colors, and more dressy in style of cut and trimmings.
It was when I began to tell him what I wanted to be that he sprang that on me, said she was the model for me to study, and that when it came to the dressy vampire Agnes Dunham wasn't in it.
It was only that for any one who wanted to be a dressy vampire she was a smart style.
Did he call this--this Boston lady a dressy vampire?
