sack suit

noun

Origin of sack suit

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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Instead of choosing the most modest and humble of suits—a sack suit, perhaps—they opt for something more regal.
Herman Cain's Power Suit | Robin Givhan | November 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Men are tapped on the shoulder by a civil gentleman in a sack suit, and walk away with him, never to be seen again.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
Pratt came in quite briskly, a heavy-faced, white-bearded man, wearing a sack-suit and an old-fashioned turn-down collar.
The Tyranny of the Dark | Hamlin Garland
He decided at the last moment to wear his usual town-going suit, a sack suit of black, made by a Bonneville tailor.
The Octopus | Frank Norris
He dresses quietly in a plain sack suit of dark material, and wears a Derby hat.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain

One of these mommer's pets in a nobby sack suit—all dolled up in a clean collar an' a bow-tie an' grey kid gloves.
The Definite Object | Jeffery Farnol

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