window-dresser


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win·dow-dress·ing

also win·dow dress·ing (wĭn′dō-drĕs′ĭng)
n.
1.
a. Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.
b. Goods and trimmings used in such displays.
2. A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable impression: "The realignment ... may be more window dressing than a substantive change in how the company does business" (Connie Guglielmo).

win′dow-dress′er n.
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window-dresser

n
(Professions) a person employed to design and build up a display in a shop window
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Translations

window

(ˈwindəu) noun
an opening in the wall of a building etc which is fitted with a frame of wood, metal etc containing glass or similar material, that can be seen through and usually opened. I saw her through the window; Open/Close the window; goods displayed in a shop-window.
ˈwindow-box noun
a box on a window-ledge, in which plants may be grown.
ˈwindow-dressing noun
the arranging of goods in a shop window.
ˈwindow-dresser noun
ˈwindow-frame noun
the wooden or metal frame of a window.
ˈwindow-ledge noun
a ledge at the bottom of a window (usually on the outside).
ˈwindow-pane noun
one of the sheets of glass in a window.
ˈwindow-shopping noun
looking at things in shop windows, but not actually buying anything.
ˈwindow-sill noun
a ledge at the bottom of a window (inside or outside).
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References in periodicals archive ?
A window-dresser stroked mannequins in a fashion shop.
Winnie ultimately became a window-dresser and remained in that employment until 1938, one month before the store moved from its original location on the High Street.
A fashion mannequin comes to life when left alone with a window-dresser. The man discovers the dummy is the incarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess and the two begin an after-hours love affair.
"On leaving school, the height of my ambition was to be a window-dresser in a big shop in Dewsbury." - Baroness Betty Boothroyd who became Speaker of the House of Commons.