| Clean feathers (5) |
Mirror Classic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Groom |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Primp |
Universal |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Gussy up |
LA Times Mini |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Order feathers on breaking quill? (5) |
|
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| Vainly groom oneself |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Writer about to go in and arrange feathers (5) |
|
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| Arrange the hair for some amour propre encouraged (5) |
|
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| Clean down? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Tend the feathers (5) |
|
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| Dress for the flight (5) |
|
|
| Primp |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Get gussied up |
Commuter |
07 May 2025 |
| Had a sticky beak with self respect so to speak (5) |
|
|
| Clean and groom, bird-style |
LA Times Mini |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror |
|
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| Prepare feathers (5) |
|
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| Congratulate oneself on being readmitted by author (5) |
|
|
| Clean down |
The Times Sunday Concise |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Groom |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Primp |
Commuter |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Tidy up? No, down! (5) |
|
|
| Even Public Relations require one to groom oneself (5) |
|
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| Dress half an acre inside enclosure used by animals (5) |
|
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| Concerning female swan about to groom feathers (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
Universal |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Primp |
The Telegraph Mini |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Primp |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Clean feathers |
Mirror Classic |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Titivate yourself |
The Sun Mini |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Get smarter |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Adjust one's hair, perhaps |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Dec 2024 |
| What the smarter birds do a lot? |
|
|
| Tidy and clean feathers with the beak |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Make the most of one's fine feathers (5) |
|
|
| Gussy up |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Fastidiously groom (5) |
|
|
| Groom to write about engineer (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Clean or prepare yourself with great care (5) |
|
|
| Clean plumage: the bird likes to - its feathers |
|
|
| Clean the feathers |
Mirror Classic |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Arrange, as feathers |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Nov 2024 |
| To clean feathers (5) |
|
|
| Trim with a beak |
|
|
| Clean and arrange using the beak (5) |
|
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| Pride oneself on having a pair even shorter |
|
|
| Congratulate oneself (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Congratulate oneself with regard to entry made by writer (5) |
|
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| Groom and admire (5) |
|
|
| Writer holds note for groom |
|
|
| Groom about to enter enclosure |
|
|
| How to be slick even with Public Relations |
|
|
| Display self-satisfaction |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Hog the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Titivate yourself (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Clean the feathers |
Mirror Classic |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Fuss over one's appearance |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Primp one's plumes |
|
|
| Primp and - |
|
|
| As birds tidy their feathers (5) |
|
|
| Tidy one's feathers |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Clean and arrange, as feathers |
The Telegraph Plusword |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Writer about to enter and dress up (5) |
|
|
| Fuss at a mirror |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2024 |
| May congratulate oneself on what bird will do with feathers (5) |
|
|
| Unruffle, as feathers |
|
|
| Arrange the feathers |
|
|
| Fuss in the mirror |
USA Today |
21 May 2024 |
| Groom about to be seen in enclosure |
|
|
| Dress feathers (5) |
|
|
| No station presentation involves making oneself look good (5) |
|
|
| Maintain feathers |
The Times Concise |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Clean feathers |
Mirror Classic |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Section of prenup re-energised groom (5) |
|
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| Groom the feathers |
|
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| Dress smartly, primp (5) |
|
|
| Even the poet needs Public Relations to improve his image |
|
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| Titivate yourself, primp |
|
|
| Tidy feathers on entering coop |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Tidy feathers on entering coop (5) |
|
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| Present poetically, even groom (5) |
|
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| Dress or array carefully (5) |
|
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| Adjust one's feathers |
|
|
| Groom starts to panic, really envisaging escaping nuptials (5) |
|
|
| Act the dandy |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Spruce up |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Primp |
Universal |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Gussy up |
LA Times Mini |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Fuss over appearance |
The Times Concise |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Tidy writer keeps a note |
|
|
| Hog the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Dec 2023 |
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Clean one's feathers |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Dress carefully |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Get smarter |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2023 |
| Take a long look in the mirror? |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Groom feathers |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Hog the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Clean feathers |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Dress down writer about charges |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Fuss over one's attire |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Clean feathers |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Spend time in front of the mirror |
Universal |
08 Dec 2022 |
| Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, say |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Groom for quite a while |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Groom elaborately |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Fuss at the mirror |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Show vanity, in a way |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Tidy and clean (feathers) |
The Times Concise |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Groom oneself |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Fuss in front of the mirror |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Tidy and clean (feathers) |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2022 |
| Groom with a bill |
The Washington Post |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Groom with a bill |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Gussy up |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2022 |
| Primp |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2022 |
| Primp |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2022 |
| Groom, as feathers |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Carefully put in order A to M? |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Get duded up |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Hog the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Groom, as with a beak |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Tidy and clean (feathers) |
The Times Concise |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Fuss over one's outfit |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Prepare for a selfie, perhaps |
Universal |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
Universal |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Primp |
The Washington Post |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Primp |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Titivate |
The Times Concise |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Clean with a bird bill |
Family Time |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Hog the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Obsess in front of the mirror |
New York Times |
13 May 2021 |
| Tart up, on prodding feather once? |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Primp |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Groom and page never returned |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Hog the mirror, say |
Universal |
25 Jul 2020 |
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Clean (feathers) |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Writer ringing about groom |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Emulate a peacock |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Clean (feathers) |
The Times Concise |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Tidy, like a beard |
The New Yorker |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Fuss over feathers |
The Washington Post |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Fuss over feathers |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Gussy up |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Get one's hair just right |
|
|
| Get one's hair just right |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Clean feathers before hens de-winged |
|
|
| Prettify |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Order feathers on splitting quill? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Fuss over oneself |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Primp |
Universal |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Fuss over one's appearance |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2019 |
| Beautify with one's beak |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Spruce oneself up |
USA Today |
25 May 2019 |
| Dress smartly |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Groom oneself |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2019 |
| Maintain quills, with which to write note (enclosed) |
|
|
| Fuss over one's feathers |
Family Time |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Get spruced up |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Fuss over one's appearance |
|
|
| Spruce oneself up |
|
|
| Groom is quiet and naive, not good |
|
|
| Do like a peacock |
Universal |
23 Nov 2018 |
| Titivate |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Fuss in front of the mirror |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Dress to impress |
Universal |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Monopolize the mirror, say |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Get all gussied up |
Universal |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Copy a peacock |
Universal |
12 Oct 2018 |
| Fuss at a mirror |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Fuss at a mirror |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2018 |
| Get spruced up |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Fuss over feathers |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Fuss at the mirror |
USA Today |
16 Jun 2018 |
| Spruce oneself up |
Family Time |
13 May 2018 |
| Show vanity, in a way |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Be a mirror hog |
Universal |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Adjust feathers |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Clean pair, born to be raised |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Fancify oneself |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2018 |
| What diver may do with bill, on cutting pound |
|
|
| Groom carefully |
Universal |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Show vanity, in a way |
|
|
| Fancify oneself |
|
|
| Fuss in front of the mirror |
|
|
| Copy a peacock |
|
|
| Do like a peacock |
|
|
| Dress to impress |
|
|
| Get all gussied up |
|
|
| Fuss at the mirror |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror, say |
|
|
| Fuss at a mirror |
|
|
| Make oneself pretty |
|
|
| Dress fussily |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Primp |
|
|
| Dress carefully |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Groom for a long time |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2017 |
| Groom about to visit prison in Kentucky |
|
|
| Groom excessively |
Universal |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Fuss over one's appearance, as a bird would do with its feathers (rhymes with "sheen") |
|
|
| Fuss over one's attire |
Newsday |
30 May 2017 |
| Dress carefully |
Newsday |
17 May 2017 |
| Enclosure outside racecourse, empty and clean |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Hog the mirror |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Tidy oneself |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Obsess in front of the mirror |
The Washington Post |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Emulate a popinjay |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Bird's tidy up? No, down! |
|
|
| Get duded up |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Beautify with the beak |
Family Time |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Make like a peacock |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Groom about to be put in prison |
|
|
| Dress up when about to be introduced to writer |
|
|
| Groom with a bill |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2016 |
| Tidy and clean (plumage) |
The Times Concise |
04 May 2016 |
| Spruce up M's place? |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
Universal |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Smooth one's feathers |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Groom carefully |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Primp |
New York Times |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Fuss over oneself |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Hog the mirror, maybe |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Groom with a bill |
|
|
| Get duded up |
|
|
| Tidy oneself |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Emulate a popinjay |
|
|
| Hog the mirror, maybe |
|
|
| Admire oneself a little too much |
|
|
| Manifest vanity |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Bird to tidy up? No, down! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Dec 2015 |
| Smooth one's feathers |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Swan circles about to tidy her feathers |
|
|
| Groom to write about engineer |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Monopolize the mirror |
Family Time |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Swan to circle about and tidy her feathers |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Fuss at the mirror |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Groom carefully |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Oct 2015 |
| Groom about to enter a West Indies plantation |
|
|
| Beautify |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Sep 2015 |
| Groom oneself |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2015 |
| Fuss over oneself |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2015 |
| Smooth one's feathers |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2015 |
| Clean down |
|
|
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2015 |
| Groom showing pressure, never turning up |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 May 2015 |
| Fuss with feathers |
USA Today |
05 May 2015 |
| Use the mirror |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Groom |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Gussy up |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Arrange feathers |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Clean one's feathers |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Clean with one's bill |
Universal |
21 Feb 2015 |
| Emulate a self-cleaning cat |
|
|
| Fuss at the mirror |
|
|
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror |
|
|
| Clean with one's bill |
|
|
| Dress carefully |
|
|
| Arrange feathers |
|
|
| Fuss with feathers |
|
|
| Smooth one's feathers |
|
|
| Hog the mirror |
|
|
| Manifest vanity |
|
|
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Smooth one's feathers |
|
|
| Clean one's feathers |
|
|
| Smooth, as feathers |
|
|
| Groom feathers |
|
|
| Groom carefully |
|
|
| Dress fussily |
|
|
| Get smarter |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Fuss over appearances |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Obsess in front of the mirror |
|
|
| Admire yourself in the mirror |
|
|
| Congratulate oneself for achievement |
|
|
| Spruce up |
|
|
| Clean feathers with the tongue |
|
|
| Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusion |
|
|
| Clean, bird-style |
|
|
| Smarten with vanity |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Dress with elaborate care |
|
|
| Clean, bird-style |
|
|
| Get gussied up fussily |
|
|
| Act the coxcomb |
|
|
| Engage in excessive self-reflection? |
|
|
| Fuss over feathers |
|
|
| Groom |
|
|
| Clean one's feathers |
|
|
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
|
|
| Beautify with the beak |
|
|
| Get all prettied up |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Fix feathers |
|
|
| Groom |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Get ready for the prom, say |
|
|
| Fuss at a mirror |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Get smart? |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Get ready for the prom, say |
|
|
| Fuss in front of the mirror |
|
|
| Doll up |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror |
|
|
| Peacocks do it |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Obsess over one's dress |
|
|
| Birds do it |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Obsess in front of the mirror |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Emulate a peacock |
|
|
| Dress up fussily |
|
|
| Parakeets do it |
|
|
| Be a dandy |
|
|
| Spruce oneself up |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Spruce oneself up |
|
|
| Clean with a bill |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Unruffle one's feathers |
|
|
| Exhibit pride |
|
|
| Groom, bird-style |
|
|
| Get smart |
|
|
| Spruce oneself up |
|
|
| Act the fop |
|
|
| Act like a peacock |
|
|
| Fuss over one's feathers |
|
|
| Hog the mirror |
|
|
| Get smart? |
|
|
| Dress nattily |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Monopolize the mirror |
|
|
| Obsess in front of the mirror |
|
|
| Dress nattily |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Emulate a peacock |
|
|
| Get smart |
|
|
| Fuss, in a way |
|
|
| Groom |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Fuss at the mirror |
|
|
| Groom, bird-style |
|
|
| Work on one's coat |
|
|
| Peacocks do it |
|
|
| Work on one's coat |
|
|
| Fuss in front of a mirror |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Groom, bird-style |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Beautify with the beak |
|
|
| Smooth with the beak, as feathers |
|
|
| Trim, as feathers |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Clean one's feathers |
|
|
| Trim, as feathers |
|
|
| Groom with elaborate care |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Admire oneself |
|
|
| Peacocks do it |
|
|
| Comb and comb and comb |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Gussy up |
|
|
| Fuss with feathers |
|
|
| Groom carefully |
|
|
| Fuss with feathers |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Smooth feathers |
|
|
| Fuss over one's feathers |
|
|
| Make like a peacock |
|
|
| Dress smartly |
|
|
| Fuss over one's feathers |
|
|
| Doll up |
|
|
| Dress to kill |
|
|
| Dress with care |
|
|
| Groom with care |
|
|
| Fix just right |
|
|
| Groom for hours |
|
|
| Take care of one's appearance |
|
|
| Fuss over feathers |
|
|
| Groom feathers |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Act like an egret |
|
|
| Fuss with feathers |
|
|
| Groom excessively |
|
|
| Spruce up |
|
|
| Fuss with feathers |
|
|
| Be exultant |
|
|
| Use the beak on |
|
|
| Fuss over oneself |
|
|
| Dress with elaborate care |
|
|
| Get decked out |
|
|
| Stroke one's feathers |
|
|
| Groom feathers |
|
|
| Dress up fussily |
|
|
| Obsess over one's dress |
|
|
| Fix feathers |
|
|
| Dress feathers with the tongue |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Carefully put in order A to M? |
|
|
| Dress to the nines |
|
|
| Prettify |
|
|
| Groom vainly |
|
|
| Smooth, as feathers |
|
|
| Comb and comb and comb |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Exhibit vanity |
|
|
| Get gussied up |
|
|
| Groom carefully |
|
|
| Smarten up |
|
|
| Trim down? |
|
|
| Arrange feathers |
|
|
| Primp |
|
|
| Prettify |
|
|
| Emulate a peacock |
|
|
| Get dressed up |
|
|
| Dress up |
|
|
| Strut with pride |
|
|
| Behave like a peacock |
|
|
| Take pride in (oneself) |
|
|
| Groom |
|
|
| Clean feathers |
|
|
| Peacocks do it |
|
|
| Smooth feathers |
|
|
| Gloat |
|
|
| Do not rush in dressing |
|
|
| Dress carefully |
|
|
| Doll up |
|
|
| Fluff one's feathers |
|
|
| Get all gussied up |
|
|
| Prink |
|
|
| Stroke one's feathers |
|
|
| Copy a peacock |
|
|
| British brooch |
|
|
| Dress fur |
|
|
| Be vain, in a way |
|
|
| Imitate peacocks, in a way |
|
|
| Linger at the mirror |
|
|
| Trim feathers with the beak |
|
|
| Adorn oneself |
|
|
| Dress fastidiously |
|
|
| Show off |
|
|
| Pride oneself |
|
|
| Put on makeup |
|
|
| Use a mirror |
|
|
| Fix one's feathers |
|
|
| Smarten up? |
|
|
| Plume. |
|
|
| Smooth. |
|
|
| Trim and oil. |
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| Smarten one's appearance. |
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| Dress. |
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| Pride oneself. |
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| Dress very carefully. |
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| Smooth up. |
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| Doll up. |
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| Prink and primp. |
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| Dress oneself up. |
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| Trim (the feathers). |
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| Slick up one's appearance. |
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| Show vanity in (oneself). |
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| Dress (oneself) fussily. |
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| Smooth (oneself) up. |
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| Groom (oneself). |
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| Spruce up. |
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| Make sleek |
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| Prink. |
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| Dress up. |
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| Adorn (oneself). |
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| Make sleek. |
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| Gloat. |
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| Primp. |
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| Plume oneself. |
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| Congratulate one's self. |
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| Admire yourself in the mirror |
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| Attach a boutonnière, perhaps |
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| Dress carefully. |
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