Section of prenup re-energised groom (5) |
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Groom the feathers |
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Concerning female swan about to groom feathers (5) |
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Dress smartly, primp (5) |
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Even the poet needs Public Relations to improve his image |
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Congratulate oneself (5) |
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Titivate yourself, primp |
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Tidy feathers on entering coop (5) |
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Tidy feathers on entering coop |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2024 |
Present poetically, even groom (5) |
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Dress or array carefully (5) |
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Adjust one's feathers |
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Groom starts to panic, really envisaging escaping nuptials (5) |
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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 |
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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 |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2022 |
Primp |
The Washington Post |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2021 |
Primp |
The Washington Post |
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? |
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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 |
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Get one's hair just right |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2019 |
Clean feathers before hens de-winged |
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Order feathers on splitting quill? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Sep 2019 |
Prettify |
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) |
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Fuss over one's feathers |
Family Time |
20 Jan 2019 |
Gussy up |
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Get spruced up |
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Fuss over oneself |
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Spruce oneself up |
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Fuss over one's appearance |
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Groom is quiet and naive, not good |
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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 |
Fuss over feathers |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
Get spruced up |
Family Time |
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 |
Clean pair, born to be raised |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2018 |
Adjust feathers |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2018 |
Fancify oneself |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2018 |
What diver may do with bill, on cutting pound |
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Groom carefully |
Universal |
07 Jan 2018 |
Do like a peacock |
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Monopolize the mirror, say |
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Copy a peacock |
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Fuss at the mirror |
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Make oneself pretty |
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Show vanity, in a way |
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Fuss in front of the mirror |
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Fancify oneself |
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Get all gussied up |
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Dress to impress |
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Fuss at a mirror |
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Dress fussily |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
Primp |
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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 |
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Groom excessively |
Universal |
30 Jul 2017 |
Fuss over one's appearance, as a bird would do with its feathers (rhymes with "sheen") |
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Fuss over one's attire |
Newsday |
30 May 2017 |
Dress carefully |
Newsday |
17 May 2017 |
Enclosure outside racecourse, empty and clean |
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Fuss over oneself |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2017 |
Hog the mirror |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2017 |
Fuss over oneself |
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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! |
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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 |
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Dress up when about to be introduced to writer |
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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? |
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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 |
Primp |
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Hog the mirror, maybe |
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Emulate a popinjay |
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Admire oneself a little too much |
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Get duded up |
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Groom with a bill |
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Tidy oneself |
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Fuss over oneself |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Gussy up |
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Clean one's feathers |
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Smooth one's feathers |
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Fuss with feathers |
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Clean with one's bill |
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Hog the mirror |
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Fuss in front of a mirror |
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Emulate a self-cleaning cat |
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Arrange feathers |
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Dress carefully |
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Fuss at the mirror |
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Fuss in front of a mirror |
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Monopolize the mirror |
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Smooth one's feathers |
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Manifest vanity |
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Congratulate oneself for achievement |
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Obsess in front of the mirror |
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Primp |
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Spruce up |
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Dress fussily |
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Get smarter |
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Groom carefully |
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Dress smartly |
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Smooth, as feathers |
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Admire yourself in the mirror |
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Clean feathers with the tongue |
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Fuss over appearances |
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Groom feathers |
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Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusion |
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Smarten with vanity |
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Fuss over feathers |
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Get gussied up fussily |
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Get gussied up |
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Act the coxcomb |
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Clean, bird-style |
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Dress with elaborate care |
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Clean, bird-style |
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Engage in excessive self-reflection? |
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Groom |
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Gussy up |
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Beautify with the beak |
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Fuss in front of a mirror |
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Fuss at a mirror |
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Get gussied up |
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Gussy up |
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Get ready for the prom, say |
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Groom |
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Get gussied up |
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Get ready for the prom, say |
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Fuss in front of the mirror |
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Get gussied up |
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Fix feathers |
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Clean one's feathers |
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Get smart? |
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Get all prettied up |
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Dress up |
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Monopolize the mirror |
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Doll up |
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Peacocks do it |
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Gussy up |
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Obsess over one's dress |
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Obsess in front of the mirror |
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Dress smartly |
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Birds do it |
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Spruce oneself up |
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Clean with a bill |
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Dress up |
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Spruce oneself up |
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Primp |
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Parakeets do it |
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Be a dandy |
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Get gussied up |
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Fuss over oneself |
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Dress up fussily |
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Emulate a peacock |
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Groom, bird-style |
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Get smart |
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Unruffle one's feathers |
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Exhibit pride |
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Spruce oneself up |
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Dress nattily |
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Emulate a peacock |
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Get smart |
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Act the fop |
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Primp |
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Fuss over one's feathers |
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Fuss, in a way |
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Groom |
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Obsess in front of the mirror |
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Monopolize the mirror |
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Fuss over oneself |
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Primp |
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Fuss at the mirror |
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Primp |
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Dress nattily |
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Get smart? |
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Hog the mirror |
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Act like a peacock |
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Smooth with the beak, as feathers |
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Groom, bird-style |
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Fuss in front of a mirror |
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Work on one's coat |
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Groom, bird-style |
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Work on one's coat |
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Beautify with the beak |
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Dress up |
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Dress smartly |
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Dress smartly |
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Dress smartly |
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Peacocks do it |
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Primp |
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Clean one's feathers |
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Get gussied up |
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Get gussied up |
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Peacocks do it |
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Admire oneself |
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Comb and comb and comb |
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Groom with elaborate care |
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Trim, as feathers |
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Trim, as feathers |
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Fuss with feathers |
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Fuss with feathers |
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Groom carefully |
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Dress up |
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Gussy up |
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Dress to kill |
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Doll up |
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Fuss over one's feathers |
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Fuss over one's feathers |
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Make like a peacock |
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Dress smartly |
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Smooth feathers |
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Fuss with feathers |
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Groom with care |
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Get gussied up |
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Groom feathers |
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Act like an egret |
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Fix just right |
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Fuss over feathers |
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Dress with care |
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Groom for hours |
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Take care of one's appearance |
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Groom excessively |
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Fuss with feathers |
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Spruce up |
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Use the beak on |
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Fuss over oneself |
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Dress with elaborate care |
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Be exultant |
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Get decked out |
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Stroke one's feathers |
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Groom feathers |
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Dress feathers with the tongue |
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Get gussied up |
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Fix feathers |
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Obsess over one's dress |
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Carefully put in order A to M? |
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Dress up fussily |
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Prettify |
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Dress to the nines |
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Groom vainly |
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Arrange feathers |
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Trim down? |
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Groom carefully |
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Get gussied up |
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Exhibit vanity |
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Smarten up |
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Dress up |
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Comb and comb and comb |
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Smooth, as feathers |
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Behave like a peacock |
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Primp |
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Dress up |
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Get dressed up |
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Emulate a peacock |
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Strut with pride |
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Prettify |
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Groom |
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Take pride in (oneself) |
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Clean feathers |
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Peacocks do it |
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Smooth feathers |
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Gloat |
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Do not rush in dressing |
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Dress carefully |
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Doll up |
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Fluff one's feathers |
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Get all gussied up |
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Prink |
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Stroke one's feathers |
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Copy a peacock |
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British brooch |
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Dress fur |
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Be vain, in a way |
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Imitate peacocks, in a way |
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Linger at the mirror |
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Trim feathers with the beak |
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Adorn oneself |
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Dress fastidiously |
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Show off |
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Pride oneself |
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Put on makeup |
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Use a mirror |
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Fix one's feathers |
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Gloat. |
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Primp. |
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Groom (oneself). |
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Make sleek. |
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Adorn (oneself). |
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Dress up. |
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Prink. |
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Make sleek |
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Trim (the feathers). |
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Dress oneself up. |
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Plume oneself. |
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Dress carefully. |
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Dress (oneself) fussily. |
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Smooth (oneself) up. |
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Show vanity in (oneself). |
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Spruce up. |
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Slick up one's appearance. |
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Prink and primp. |
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Doll up. |
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Dress very carefully. |
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Smooth up. |
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Congratulate one's self. |
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Pride oneself. |
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Dress. |
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Smarten one's appearance. |
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Trim and oil. |
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Smooth. |
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Plume. |
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Smarten up? |
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Attach a boutonnière, perhaps |
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Admire yourself in the mirror |
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