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cap-a-pie
[ kap-uh-pee ]
adverb
- from head to foot.
cap-a-pie
/ ˌkæpəˈpiː /
adverb
- (dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cap-a-pie1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cap-a-pie1
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Example Sentences
Then came Brian de Bois-Gilbert, armed cap-à-pie, accompanied by two godfathers and many squires and pages.
I answered, that although I wore my sword for form, it was not necessary to be armed cap-à-pie.
A tall, blond being, cap-à-pie for the road, had loomed in dark blue before the tent door.
The merest glance at it filled the eye with visions of serried ranks of ptomaines, armed cap-à-pie for trouble.
He assembled the ban et arrière-ban of science, and armed himself cap-à-pie in knowledge for her defence.
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