dressed up like a dog's dinner

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   • 2002, John Harvey, Wasted Years, →ISBN, page 266:

     Those and the dark jacket, the blazer, at least he felt smart in that without being dressed up like a dog's dinner.

   • 2008, Sylvia Hoole, Poor Mary - A Tale of Schizophrenia, →ISBN, page 25:

     “Where's tha going now – all dressed up like a dog's dinner – our Mary?” her father chuntered from behind his newspaper.

   • 2011, Derek Rosser, Earning a Crust, →ISBN, page 103:

     Not wanting anyone to know of my plans, I pulled a 'sickie' and attended the interview dressed up like a 'dog's dinner.