go-to-meeting

[ goh-tuh-meet-n, -mee-ting ]

adjective

1. Sunday-go-to-meeting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of go-to-meeting¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

Mary-'Gusta noticed that she was not, as usual, garbed in gingham, but was arrayed in her best go-to-meeting gown.

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Paddy, must we put on our best dresses when she comes—our Sunday go-to-meeting frocks, you know?

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Directly an immigrant has landed, he feels that his first earnings must be devoted to a Sunday go-to-meeting suit.

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He wore neither wig nor gown, and had not even put on his Sunday go-to-meeting clothes.

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Women, young girls, and children predominated, all dressed in their "Sunday-go-to-meeting" clothes.

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