evening dress
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of evening dress
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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She said she used to attend some classes “wearing my evening dress under my Burberry, with my diamonds in my pocket so I could go out afterward.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Items included the "perfect" white cotton t-shirt, a striped blue "boyfriend" shirt and white linen trousers, as well as more formal items such as a black wool blazer and a full-length, ivory-coloured evening dress.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
Technically, they should only be worn with full evening dress, known as white tie, but as that hardly exists any longer … oh, go ahead.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
There were psychedelic swirls of orange and brown in a pantsuit and an evening dress with a high slit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2021
Fond of costumes, Sandy appeared wearing a high-altitude climbing suit over her evening dress, complemented by mountaineering boots, crampons, ice ax, and a bandolier of carabiners.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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