all dogged up
See also: all dogged-up
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps inspired by decked out or dog's dinner.
Adjective
all dogged up (not comparable)
- (slang, originally US) Wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.
- 2013 Below Decks; from Pantry Boy to Steward in the British Merchant Navy, 1954-1961 Peter Joseph Troy
- Part one of the wind up was in place. Part two required that we should prepare him to win her heart and be there to witness his attempt. The following afternoon we had him all dogged up in borrowed gear.
- 2012, Half In Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate by Judith Kitchen
- We were quite warm when we got to Lucerne—but we all “dogged up” for dinner anyway.
- 1986. Through Streets Broad and Narrow. Gabriel Fielding. Pg. 99.
- by the time he had reached Mitchell's where Dymphna would surely be at a corner table, there would be seven or eight people with him, all dogged-up, and several attractive girls.
- 2013 Below Decks; from Pantry Boy to Steward in the British Merchant Navy, 1954-1961 Peter Joseph Troy
References
- Dictionary of Contemporary Slang by Tony Thorne
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