Sunday clothes

American  

[suhn-dey klohz, klohthz, suhn-dee] / ˈsʌn deɪ ˈkloʊz, ˈkloʊðz, ˈsʌn di /

plural noun

1. a person's best or newest clothing, as saved for Sundays and special occasions.

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Etymology

Origin of Sunday clothes

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

“We had working clothes and Sunday clothes,” Ms. McLaurin later told an interviewer for an oral history project.

From New York Times

Some are even delightful: a cheering theater audience thrusting flowers at performers; a happy-looking family, perhaps in their Sunday clothes, walking down a busy street; and, of course, Lawrence’s iconic builders.

From Seattle Times

Orange has been Fowler's motif throughout his career, his Sunday clothes shaded in the color as a nod to his Oklahoma State University roots.

From Golf Digest

If it’s too rainy to cook outside, exchange the grill for a stovetop skillet and your Sunday clothes for your old soccer shorts to unleash your inner Megan Rapinoe in the rain.

From Seattle Times

It is the baking equivalent of “putting on your Sunday clothes” for church, said McGarry.

From Salon