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cocktail dress
[ kok-teyl dres ]
noun
- a semiformal, typically short dress, such as one might wear to a cocktail party:
With a flouncy knee-length skirt and crisply tailored collar, this satin-organza cocktail dress serves up fun with a dash of formality.
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Was that a cocktail dress Maria Sharapova was wearing Tuesday night when she won her first match at the 2009 U.S. Open?
From The Daily Beast
Excerpted from The Cocktail Dress by Laird Borelli-Persson © 2009.
From The Daily Beast
Pheola let me get her a cocktail dress in one of the women's shops.
From Project Gutenberg
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