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Wearing clothes normally worn by the opposite sex, as in All of the actors in the revue were in drag . This expression originally alluded to male actors wearing women's apparel on stage, especially for comic purposes, but also refers to cross-dressing by homosexuals. [ Colloquial ; c. 1870]Advertisement
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