‘Since we’re holding it in a Second World War air base, we thought it would be such fun if the guests all dressed in thirties and forties’ wartime outfits.’
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‘I thought maybe you’d like to be a land girl. Or maybe a factory worker? Bright red lipstick, an overall and hair all shooshed up in a red and white spotty scarf.
Source: Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis
I could not find entries for shooshed up fitting this context. So what does shooshed up mean? wrapped up?
Thank you.
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‘I thought maybe you’d like to be a land girl. Or maybe a factory worker? Bright red lipstick, an overall and hair all shooshed up in a red and white spotty scarf.
Source: Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis
I could not find entries for shooshed up fitting this context. So what does shooshed up mean? wrapped up?
Thank you.