ice-cream suit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ice-cream suit
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The exhibit has a set of Staple Singers stage wear—the three sisters’ striking matching dresses and “Pops” Staples’s ice-cream suit and iconic guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
As President George W. Bush revealed his choice in a formal White House ceremony, John and Jane Roberts struggled to simultaneously ignore and control the rambunctious boy in the short-pants ice-cream suit.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2017
The chaplain, fresh from the navy, was promised a milk-white palfrey for his especial use, if he would wear his ice-cream suit for the occasion.
From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner
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