three-piece
Americanadjective
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Clothing. consisting of three matching or harmonious pieces, as an ensemble of coat, skirt, and blouse for a woman or a suit of a jacket, vest, and pair of trousers for a man.
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having three parts.
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of three-piece
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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But if we seek self-worth from a three-piece living-room suite from Fendi Casa, we will never stop spending because, as you are painfully aware, self-worth is an inside job.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
"I was like a little old man. I used to speak like a grown-up. I wore three-piece suits and couldn't converse with other children," the 37-year-old says.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
A Latin-quoting cat lover with a penchant for three-piece suits, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has been thrust to centre stage in the EU over his opposition to using Russian assets for Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
A three-piece oak bedroom set has risen to $1,049 from $959 two months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
And he still wore the star from that time pinned to the lapel of the three-piece woolen suit he had been wearing, summer and winter, for the last thirty years.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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