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Meaning:

Noun:

  • UK A curtain, a drapery.
  • US A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, esp. peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
  • US See drapes.

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Verb:

  • To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
  • To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
  • To limply
  • To make cloth.
  • To rail at; to banter.
  • To spread over, cover.

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