lounge suit

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noun Chiefly British.

a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.

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Origin of lounge suit

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby lounge suit

lounge car, lounge chair, lounge lizard, lounge music, lounger, lounge suit, loungewear, lounging, Lounsbury, loup, loupcervier

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How to use lounge suit in a sentence

Break out the banjos and inbreeding jokes, folks, the Appalachian lounge suit is back.
Enough with the Overalls!|Sean Macaulay|April 7, 2010|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.
The Regent|E. Arnold Bennett
The President was garbed in a neutral-tinted lounge-suit and wore a dark fawn overcoat and dove-coloured spats.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916|Various
Standing by one of these windows is a light-haired young man of thirty in a lounge suit of dark blue.
The Air Pirate|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

He wore gold pince-nez, a neat blue lounge suit and brown boots.
The Air Pirate|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The present fashion does not go beyond a grey tweed lounge suit, with white spats and velours hat.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lounge suit

lounge suit

noun

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

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