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sailor suit

British  

noun

  1. a child's suit, usually navy and white, with a collar that is squared off at the back like a sailor's

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her mother died when Sydney was 7, and she was influenced by the oddities of her father, a yachtsman who dressed Sydney in a sailor suit until she was 18.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

See: Louis dressed in the same pint-size sailor suit his dad Prince William wore nearly 40 years ago when he was a child.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2022

Well, the queen’s great-grandson Prince Louis, just 4 and dressed in a sailor suit, did steal the show when he clamped his hands over his ears and made a face as the jets zoomed past.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

The yellow sailor suit with the pirate hat was fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021

On the threshold, in a white acetate-satin sailor suit, and with a round white cap rakishly tilted over her left: ear, stood Lenina.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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