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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: after a fashion (0.03049 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to after a fashion.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: after a fashion after a fashion adv : to some extent; not very well; “he speaks French after a fashion”
English → English (gcide) Definition: After a fashion Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.] [1913 Webster] 1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution. [1913 Webster] The fashion of his countenance was altered. --Luke ix. 29. [1913 Webster] I do not like the fashion of your garments. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion. [1913 Webster] The innocent diversions in fashion. --Locke. [1913 Webster] As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] 3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion. [1913 Webster] 4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. “After his sour fashion.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] After a fashion, to a certain extent; of a sort; sort of. Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. [1913 Webster]

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