"adorn" as 'wear'

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:07 PM -0500 3/6/08, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Does a "dark sport(s) coat" really constitute an "outfit"?
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>-Wilson

Well, less so than a white sport coat and a pink carnation.  Or, in
another version, a white sport coat and a pink crustacean.

LH

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>On 3/6/08, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>   I just stumbled on this one:
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>>   http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/hans_reiser_trial/index.html#top
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>>   As the 44-year-old defendant was taking the stand, his attorney asked
>>   him to fix the collar on the dark sports coat he was wearing, the
>>   outfit he has adorned since opening statements Nov. 6.
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