sack suit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sack suit
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The staid, old, boxy sack suit that had long been Brooks Brothers’ specialty fell out of favor.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2020
And who loved a sack suit more than the elegant political radicals of the early 1960s?
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2012
Standing in the rain in his grey sack suit, he spoke for five minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such peacockery startles the 20th century male, who trembles dizzily at the brink of foppishness when he folds a handkerchief into the breast pocket of his sack suit.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'd be lost in a place like that—me in a sack suit and round-top dicer!
From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
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