Cap-a-pie
from head to foot.
Historical Examples
A Captain in the Ranks George Cary Eggleston
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Charles Major
Voltaire’s Romances Franois-Marie Arouet
The Brother Clerks Xariffa
adverb
(dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot
adj.
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