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901:Smock-frock
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338:"Glam rock"
141:androgynous
133:Duran Duran
107:Romanticism
50:poet blouse
31:The famous
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1429:Pampooties
1186:Gable hood
1063:Union suit
1058:Pettipants
1001:Hoop skirt
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456:Justacorps
446:Frock coat
203:References
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1301:Printer's
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558:Trousers
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486:Xout lao
342:Allmusic
184:Kramer's
182:because
174:," when
168:season 5
164:Seinfeld
34:Seinfeld
1527:Partlet
1497:Hairpin
1434:Pattens
1414:Hessian
1384:Caligae
1374:Buskins
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1331:Smoking
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528:Doublet
518:Bedgown
461:Paenula
191:pirates
153:vampire
125:Chelsea
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