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
His dress at swank Washington parties was a plain sack suit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He worked in a sack suit and smock, talked little about the theory of art.
From Time Magazine Archive
He faced about, frowning, to confront a slight, hatchet-faced man, somewhat under medium height, dressed in a sack suit and wearing a derby well forward over eyes that were hard and bright.
From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph
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