monkey suit

noun

Slang.

1. a tuxedo or full-dress suit.

2. any uniform.

monkey suit

noun

1. slang,  a man's evening dress

Word History and Origins

Origin of monkey suit¹

First recorded in 1885–90; monkey jacket

Example Sentences

They said they bought $120 VIP tickets, which included a meet and greet and table seats where Oliver got to high-five Kuma, Pearce’s dancing sidekick in a turquoise monkey suit.

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Another popular café, which is operated by blind staff, serves coffee through a hole in the wall, from someone wearing a monkey suit arm, to customers waiting in the street.

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In his 20s, Swanson tried a job in sales at a car dealership but quickly decided he couldn’t wear a “monkey suit” every day.

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“Ain’t you gonna change out of the monkey suit first?”

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In recruiting him to don a spangly monkey suit and dance for prime time audiences, ABC is in the potency of amnesia as a side-effect of the disinformation fever he brought to us, a natural result of an age of “alternative facts.”

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Related Words

• attire 
• costume 
• dress 
• garb 
• gown 
• khaki 
• regalia 
• robe 
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