Fauntleroy suit

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noun

a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Also called Lord Fauntleroy suit, Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.

Origin of Fauntleroy suit

After the title character of the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) by F. H. Burnett

Words nearby Fauntleroy suit

fault zone, faun, fauna, faunistic, fauns, Fauntleroy suit, faunula, Faunus, faur, Fauré, Faust

Example sentences from the Web for Fauntleroy suit

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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Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
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The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.
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We meet in his study, where Hitchcock sits waiting, dressed in his black suit.
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He had a tailor who ran up dozens of the same suit in different sizes to account for slight variations in his weight.
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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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Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
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When Dan put his tobacco back unbitten, it was always an infallible sign that something had gone in a way that did not suit him.
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