pox doctor's clerk

Someone who is overdressed or wearing a showy, flashy outfit. (The meaning of "pox doctor" in this context is not known.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Why are you all done up like a pox doctor's clerk? We're only going to the movies. Now that he's making big money, he always goes around looking like a pox doctor's clerk.

词组	pox doctor's clerk
释义	pox doctor's clerk pox doctor's clerk Someone who is overdressed or wearing a showy, flashy outfit. (The meaning of "pox doctor" in this context is not known.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Why are you all done up like a pox doctor's clerk? We're only going to the movies. Now that he's making big money, he always goes around looking like a pox doctor's clerk. See also: clerk, pox Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: clerk doctor (all) done up like a pox doctor's clerk (all) dressed up like a pox doctor's clerk done up pimp up pox pox on (a) pox on (someone or something)
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