dress suit

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noun

a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.

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Origin of dress suit

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby dress suit

dressoir, dress parade, dress rehearsal, dress shield, dress shirt, dress suit, dress uniform, dress-up, dressy, dressy casual, drest

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How to use dress suit in a sentence

San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
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And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.
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Even for Arabic dance no one wears a long dress, just a scarf around the hips.
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Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
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Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
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And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
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We had three long tables which Liszt arranged to suit himself, his own place being in the middle.
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That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.
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British Dictionary definitions for dress suit

dress suit

noun

an ensemble of matching formal evening wear

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