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wearing apparel

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noun

clothing; garments.

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Origin of wearing apparel

First recorded in 1610–20

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for wearing apparel

As in a fashion-journal, it describes the wearing-apparel of both sexes which was in vogue at each particular period.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine
Hobert's wearing-apparel was all brought out, and turned and overturned, and the most and the best made of everything.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866|Various
There is no instance on record of the women and children of tories having any thing like wearing-apparel taken from them.
History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley|U. J. (Uriah James) Jones
They had finished their packing of boxes and of wearing-apparel for the journey.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

His wearing-apparel was unusually limited for a man of means.
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore