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
In a green carpeted suite on the 14th floor sat Wendell Lewis Willkie, a tousle-haired Peter the Hermit in a rumpled sack suit, waiting for news of his crusade.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he arrived and unobstrusively entered the conference hall by a side door, a short grey-haired man in a sack suit, the delegates rose and applauded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Orme had already suspected their identity, for both had high hats and carried canes, and one of them was in a sack suit, while the other wore a frock coat.
From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Merwin, Bannister
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