dinner clothes
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Careful, conscientious Christian Herter discouraged committeemen from taking their wives, told them to pack no dinner clothes, be prepared on their return to answer a stiff and lengthy questionnaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
George Franklin Jr., executive director of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, even pedals in dinner clothes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last month two gentlemen in natty dinner clothes were seen to scuttle out of the Pulitzer Building in Park Row, Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roosevelt wore a business suit by day, dinner clothes at night.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was dressed in plain dinner clothes of old-fashioned cut.
From The Avenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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