sack suit

noun

1. a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sack suit¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

Instead of choosing the most modest and humble of suits—a sack suit, perhaps—they opt for something more regal.

From 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.

From Project Gutenberg

Pratt came in quite briskly, a heavy-faced, white-bearded man, wearing a sack-suit and an old-fashioned turn-down collar.

From Project Gutenberg

He decided at the last moment to wear his usual town-going suit, a sack suit of black, made by a Bonneville tailor.

From Project Gutenberg

He dresses quietly in a plain sack suit of dark material, and wears a Derby hat.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg