as in throws (on)
to place on one's person
wait here while I slip into something more comfortable
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Also at the premiere of Black Rabbit, Iris Law dons leather on leather while on the carpet.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025 -
The inflated silhouette is a Luar signature, one that Lopez often dons on regular days running errands around town.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Varda dresses her up as Joan of Arc, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, the Virgin Mary, a cowboy, and a flamenco dancer, as if to suggest that Birkin’s mystery is itself a symbol, one as important to modern culture as Renaissance painting and the mother of Christ.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rooker unsurprisingly embraces the lunacy of his character, who dresses in Native American drag and tastes bird poop to track his prey.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Slips (on or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slips%20%28on%20or%20into%29. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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