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- verb
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- to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care [Princeton Review]
- clean or smooth (its feathers or itself) with its beak [Barron]
- to dress or smooth (oneself) up; primp [Taisha]
- tidy; show self-satisfaction [Nandigam]
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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