Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
dress suit ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a man’s suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
Origin of dress suit First recorded in 1800–10 Examples from the Web for dress suit Historical Examples of dress suit
Placing his dress-suit case in the house, he walked down to the barn.
Horatio Alger Jr.
And then Tom sent the dress-suit case after him; and the fun came to an end.
Edward Stratemeyer
Roberts: “I was trying to think where I’d put my dress-suit.”
W. D. Howells
He would make it a dress-suit affair and give the little girl a chance.
Theodore Dreiser
Beside him was a dress-suit case, and he looked as if he was ready to travel.
Frank V. Webster
British Dictionary definitions for dress suit dress suit noun
- an ensemble of matching formal evening wear