"dressed up like a dog's dinner" meaning in English

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          "text": "Those and the dark jacket, the blazer, at least he felt smart in that without being dressed up like a dog's dinner.",
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          "ref": "2008, Sylvia Hoole, Poor Mary - A Tale of Schizophrenia, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "“Where's tha going now – all dressed up like a dog's dinner – our Mary?” her father chuntered from behind his newspaper.",
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          "ref": "2011, Derek Rosser, Earning a Crust, →ISBN, page 103:",
          "text": "Not wanting anyone to know of my plans, I pulled a 'sickie' and attended the interview dressed up like a 'dog's dinner.",
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