lounge suit

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.

lounge suit

noun

1. the customary suit of matching jacket and trousers worn by men for the normal business day

Word History and Origins

Origin of lounge suit¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Break out the banjos and inbreeding jokes, folks, the Appalachian lounge suit is back.

From The Daily Beast

He knew by instinct that the boldest lounge-suit must not at that hour penetrate further into the public rooms of Wilkins's.

From Project Gutenberg

The President was garbed in a neutral-tinted lounge-suit and wore a dark fawn overcoat and dove-coloured spats.

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Standing by one of these windows is a light-haired young man of thirty in a lounge suit of dark blue.

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He wore gold pince-nez, a neat blue lounge suit and brown boots.

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The present fashion does not go beyond a grey tweed lounge suit, with white spats and velours hat.

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