Sunday clothes

[ suhn-dey klohz, klohthz suhn-dee ]

/ ˈsʌn deɪ ˈkloʊz, ˈkloʊðz ˈsʌn di /

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a person's best or newest clothing, as saved for Sundays and special occasions.

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Also called Sun·day best .

First recorded in 1635–45

Congress is nearing a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, and lawmakers made their cases for—and against—it Sunday.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
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Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
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When ‘Downton Abbey’ returns Sunday night, its fashion fans are in for a familiar treat.
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Those who are not working on Sunday will almost certainly attend the funeral for Liu.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Hagley Road, on Sunday evenings, is particularly affected by some as their favourite promenade.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell