Both Uses of
attire
in
Leaves of Grass
- …goes, Formless and wordless through the streets of the cities, polite and bland in the parlors, In the cars of railroads, in steamboats, in the public assembly, Home to the houses of men and women, at the table, in the bedroom, everywhere, Smartly attired, countenance smiling, form upright, death under the breast-bones, hell under the skull-bones, Under the broadcloth and gloves, under the ribbons and artificial flowers, Keeping fair with the customs, speaking not a syllable of itself,…†
Chpt 7
- Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me!†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
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(attire) clothing -- especially of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion