Sunday clothes

American  

[suhn-dey klohz, klohthz, suhn-dee] / ˈsʌn deɪ ˈkloʊz, ˈkloʊðz, ˈsʌn di /

plural noun

1. a person's best or newest clothing, as saved for Sundays and special occasions.

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Etymology

Origin of Sunday clothes

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt’s Sunday clothes to dry and she hastened out to gather them before the rain fell.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

"Leave your church shoes and your Sunday clothes," sings Cristal over a trippy, charcoal-smudged beat.

From BBC • May 6, 2020

If it’s too rainy to cook outside, exchange the grill for a stovetop skillet and your Sunday clothes for your old soccer shorts to unleash your inner Megan Rapinoe in the rain.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2018

And then there’s “Hello, Dolly!,” blissfully unaware of twenty-first-century troubles, imploring us to put on our Sunday clothes and get out into the glistening world.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

He shifts his small body carefully so as not to crease his Sunday clothes.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat