W40

What do people say about a woman who overdresses or who spends too much on clothes? [Early QRs: . . a woman who dresses up a lot or who spends too much on clothes?]

NR 183
CLOTHESHORSE 152
EXTRAVAGANT 146
SPENDTHRIFT 103
FASHION PLATE 59
OVERDRESSED 47
EVERY CENT SHE EARNS GOES ON HER BACK 39
SHOW-OFF 18
OVERDOES IT 17
ANIMATED CLOTHESHORSE 11
CLOTHES-CONSCIOUS 10
CLOTHES-CRAZY 9
GAUDY 8
OVERDOING IT 7
PUTTING ON THE DOG 7
FLASHY DRESSER 6
OVERDONE 6
OVERDRESSES 6
TACKY 6
PUTS ON THE DOG 5
SHOWING OFF 4
TOO EXTRAVAGANT 4
VAIN 4
WASTEFUL 4
DRESSED FIT TO KILL 3
DRESSER 3
FASHION-PLATE 3
FLAPPER 3
FLASHY 3
GOES OVERBOARD 3
GONE OVERBOARD 3
LOOKS LIKE A CLOTHESHORSE 3
PUTS ALL HER MONEY ON HER BACK 3
PUTTING ON 3
REGULAR CLOTHESHORSE 3
SPENDER 3
WALKING CLOTHESHORSE 3
CIRCUS HORSE 2
CLOTHES HOUND 2
CLOTHES RACK 2
CLOTHES-HAPPY 2
DRESSED TO KILL 2
DUDE 2
EVERY CENT HE EARNS GOES ON HER BACK 2
EXTRAVAGANT DRESSER 2
EXTRAVAGANTLY DRESSED 2
FANATIC ON CLOTHES 2
FANCY DRESSER 2
FOOLISH 2
FRIVOLOUS 2
FUSSY 2
GOES TO EXTREMES 2
LAVISH 2
LOOKS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE 2
OSTENTATIOUS 2
OVERDID IT 2
OVERDONE IT 2
PUTS EVERYTHING ON HER BACK 2
PUTS IT ALL ON HER BACK 2
PUTTING IT ALL ON HER BACK 2
STUCK UP 2
TOO CLOTHES-CONSCIOUS 2
TOO EXPENSIVE 2
TOO FANCY 2
TOO GAUDY 2
ALL DIKED OUT 1
ALL DOLLED UP 1
ALL GOES ON HER BACK 1
ALL ON HER BACK 1
ALL SHE MAKES GOES ON HER BACK 1
ALL THAT SHE EARNS GOES ON HER BACK 1
ALL THAT SHE HAS IS ON HER BACK 1
ALL THE MONEY SHE MAKES GOES ON HER BACK 1
ALWAYS OVERDRESSED 1
ASTOR’S PET HORSE 1
AWFULLY EXTRAVAGANT 1
BIG SPENDER 1
CHRISTMAS TREE 1
CITY SLICKER 1
CLOTHES HOG 1
CLOTHESLINE 1
COMMON 1
CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION 1
DECKED OUT 1
DOLLED UP 1
DOLLY VARDEN 1
DRESS HORSE 1
DRESS-CRAZY 1
DRESSED BEYOND HER MEANS 1
DRESSED IN HIGH STYLE 1
DRESSED IN POOR TASTE 1
DRESSED LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE 1
DRESSED TO DEATH 1
DRESSED TO THE GILLS 1
DRESSED TO THE TEETH 1
DRESSED UP LIKE MRS. ASTOR’S HORSE 1
DRESSED UP TO KILL 1
DRESSED UP TOO MUCH 1
DRESSES BEYOND HER MEANS 1
DRESSES EXTRAVAGANTLY 1
DRESSES GAUDY 1
DRESSES LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS 1
DRESSES TO SUIT HER EYE AND NOT HER POCKETBOOK 1
DRESSES TO THE NINES 1
DRESSES TOO MUCH 1
DRESSY PERSON 1
DRIVING HER HUSBAND TO THE POORHOUSE 1
ECCENTRIC 1
EVERY CENT GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERY CENT SHE EARNS SHE HANGS ON HER BACK 1
EVERY CENT SHE HAS GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERY CENT SHE MAKES GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERY DIME SHE GETS SHE SPENDS ON HER BACK 1
EVERY DIME SHE MAKES SHE SPENDS ON CLOTHES 1
EVERY PENNY GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERY PENNY SHE EARNS GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERY PENNY SHE MAKES SHE SPENDS ON CLOTHES 1
EVERYTHING SHE HAS GOES ON HER BACK 1
EVERYTHING SHE HAS IS ON HER BACK 1
EVERYTHING SHE’S GOT IS ON HER BACK 1
EXPENSIVE PERSON 1
EXTAVAGANT 1
EXTRA ORDINARY 1
EXTRAVAGANT ON CLOTHES 1
EXTREME 1
EXTRY FANCY 1
EXTRY FUSSY 1
FAILING IN EFFECTS 1
FANCY 1
FASHION HORSE 1
FASHION-CONSCIOUS 1
FIT TO KILL 1
FLASHILY DRESSED 1
FLAUNTY 1
FLITTERGIBBET 1
FLOOSY 1
FREAK 1
FREE-SPENDER 1
GETTING OUT OF HER CLASS 1
GETTING YOURSELF UP LIKE A HOBBY HORSE 1
GOES TO AN EXTREME 1
GOING BEYOND HER POCKETBOOK 1
GOLD DIGGER 1
GONE HER LIMIT 1
GOOD DRESSER 1
GOT ALL HER MONEY ON HER BACK 1
GOT EVERYTHING ON HER BACK 1
GOT IT ALL ON HER BACK 1
HANGS IT ALL ON HER BACK 1
HARD ON DAD’S POCKETBOOK 1
HAS ON BETTER CLOTHES THAN SHE COULD AFFORD 1
HAS ON EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN STOVE 1
HIGH AND MIGHTY 1
HIGH LIVER 1
HIGHFLYER 1
HIGH-PRICED BABY 1
HIGH-PRICED DOLL 1
HUSBAND’S GOT IT MADE 1
INAPPROPRIATELY DRESSED 1
ISSUE FREE 1
JUST PUT-ON 1
KEEPING UP WITH JONESES 1
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES 1
KITTENISH 1
LA-DE-DA 1
LAVISH DRESSER 1
LAVISH SPENDER 1
LAZY 1
LINDA LOUD 1
LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE 1
LITTLE TEN-CENT MILLIONAIRE 1
LIVES LIKE THE JONESES 1
LIVING ABOVE HER MEANS 1
LOCAL WHORE 1
LOOKS LIKE A PLUSH HORSE 1
LOOKS LIKE MRS. ASTOR 1
LOOKS LIKE MRS. VAN ASTORBILT’S HORSE 1
LOUD DRESSER 1
LOVES CLOTHES 1
LUXURIOUS 1
MIGHTY EXTRAVAGANT 1
MISS ASTOR 1
MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS 1
MORE MONEY THAN SENSE 1
MOST EXTRAVAGANT 1
MRS. ASTOR 1
NH 1
NIGGER-RICH 1
NOT DRESSING HER AGE 1
OLD FOOL 1
ON WELFARE 1
OUT TO KILL 1
OUTDOING THE JONESES 1
OVER EXTRAVAGANT 1
OVERBEARING WITH MONEY 1
OVERBOARD 1
OVERDECKED 1
OVERDOES 1
OVERDOES THE THING 1
OVERDOING 1
OVERDOING THE THING 1
OVERDRESSED GAL 1
OVERDRESSED PERSON 1
OVERLY DRESSED 1
PAYCHECK GOES ON HER BACK 1
PEACOCK 1
PICTURE 1
PLAIN SILLY 1
PREENS LIKE A PEACOCK 1
PRIMPS 1
PRIMPS UP TOO MUCH 1
PUT ON ALL SHE HAD 1
PUT ON THE LUGS 1
PUTS ALL OF HER MONEY ON HER BACK 1
PUTS EVERY CENT ON HER BACK 1
PUTS EVERYTHING SHE EARNS ON HER BACK 1
PUTS EVERYTHING SHE’S GOT ON HER BACK 1
PUTTING ON A FRONT 1
PUTTING ON AIRS 1
PUTTING ON THE DOG TOO MUCH 1
PUTTING ON THE DOGS 1
QUITE EXTRAVAGANT 1
RICH BITCH 1
SELF-CONCEITED 1
SENDING HER HUSBAND TO THE POOR FARM 1
SHE ALWAYS OVERDRESSES 1
SHE BOUGHT THE STORE OUT 1
SHE DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS 1
SHE GOES TO THE EXTREME 1
SHE HANGS IT ON HER BACK 1
SHE JUST SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY ON CLOTHES 1
SHE LOOKS LIKE A MODEL 1
SHE OVERDRESSES 1
SHE OVERSTEPS HERSELF 1
SHE PUTS ALL SHE HAS ON HER BACK 1
SHE PUTS EVERYTHING ON HER BACK 1
SHE REALLY PUTS IT ON 1
SHE SPENDS ALL SHE CAN 1
SHE SQUANDERS ON CLOTHES 1
SHE TRIED TO SHOW OFF 1
SHE WANTS TO BE A FASHION PLATE 1
SHE’S A SPENDER 1
SHE’S EXTRAVAGANT 1
SHE’S PUTTIN’ ON THE DOG 1
SHE’S TRYING TO PUT ON 1
SOPHISTICATED 1
SPENDRIFT 1
SPENDS A LOT 1
SPENDS ALL HER MONEY ON CLOTHES 1
SPENDS ALL OF HER HUSBAND’S MONEY 1
SPENDS ALL OF HER MONEY ON HER BACK 1
SPENDS EVERY CENT ON CLOTHES 1
SPENDS EVERYTHING SHE MAKES ON CLOTHES 1
SPENDS MORE THAN SHE CAN AFFORD 1
SPENDS TOO MUCH 1
SPLURGER 1
SPLURGES 1
SPLURGES ON CLOTHES 1
SPLURGES TOO MUCH 1
SPORT 1
SPORTY WOMAN 1
SPREADS IT ON 1
SPRUCY 1
STACKED UP 1
STELLA DALLAS 1
STYLE-CONSCIOUS 1
TASTE IS ALL IN HER MOUTH 1
THE’S TRYING TO PUT ON 1
TOO DECKED OUT 1
TOO DURN EXTRAVAGANT 1
TOO FLASHY 1
TOO FLOSSY 1
TOO GAY WITH HER MONEY 1
TOO LAVISH 1
TOO PRIMPY WOMAN 1
TOO PROUD 1
TOO RICH 1
TOO SHOWY 1
TOO STYLISH 1
TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES 1
TRIES TO PUT ON THE DOG 1
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH MRS. JONES 1
TRYING TO PUT ON 1
TRYING TO PUT ON THE DOG 1
VERY INDULGENT 1
WALKING SHOWCASE 1
WAR-HORSE 1
WASTES 1
WE THINK SHE’S VERY FOOLISH 1
WEARS ALL HER MONEY ON HER BACK 1
WILD CAT 1
YOU KNOW WHERE (NAME)’S PAYCHECK GOES 1

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