plain suit
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Bratton’s plain suit of patchwork gray and his flopping black hat made him look less a doctor than a farmer, which was his stated occupation in this assumed identity.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2016
Old and young, men and women, kneel before him as he stands in a plain suit.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2015
Zarif, short, stout and balding, hews to traditional Iranian collarless shirts, buttoned high at the neck, accompanied by a plain suit and black lace-up shoes.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2015
Tan, 52, himself appears to be a mild-mannered salaryman?pencil moustache, plain suit, chosen-by-my-wife tie?but he commands an operation of global reach and brain-scrambling complexity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes he is dressed in a plain suit, and the next time he will be black with dirt and smelling bad and in the overalls he wears to work.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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