lounge suit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lounge suit
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“The recommendation was that we wear either a morning suit or a lounge suit with decorations,” he said.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2022
By now he was "quietly dressed" in a dark lounge suit and a fawn-coloured overcoat, and could have been a commercial traveller arriving ahead of business on Monday.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2021
The original lounge suit was called so because, soft and slack, it was worn to loll about the country or to relax at home.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2014
Gamlen described the suit as a two-piece lounge suit with surgeon's cuffs.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2012
He was dressed in a gray lounge suit, a clerical collar alone denoting his vocation.
From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley
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