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Definition of Lounge suit
1. Noun. A business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers.
Definition of Lounge suit
1. Noun. (British) A man’s suit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lounge Suit
Literary usage of Lounge suit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"To this officer a sack-suit or business-suit is a lounge-suit. He carries his
clothes in a box. He does not miss a train; he loses it. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"... with whom he had languished through a Society drama, and in which he had worn
several suits of well-cut clothes : a grey morning lounge suit, ..."
3. Actions and Reactions in Russia by Robert Scotland Liddell (1918)
"He then said that he would have an ordinary lounge suit instead. The price of
that, said the tailor, would be £28. So my friend left in disgust. ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"New Voit MISS ALICE MAC-GOWAN and Cutter saw Mr. Bernard Shaw, that gentleman
wore "a loose-fitting, lounge suit of a terra-cotta shade, terra-cotta boots, ..."
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