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" Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer."
George Hamilton

Meaning of "lounge suit" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOUNGE SUIT

lounge suit


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOUNGE SUIT

noun
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
Lounge suit is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LOUNGE SUIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Suit (clothing)

In clothing, a suit is a set of garments made from the same cloth, usually consisting of at least a jacket and trousers. Lounge suits, which originated in Britain as country wear, are the most common style of Western suit. Other types of suit still worn today are the dinner suit, part of black tie, which arose as a lounging alternative to dress coats in much the same way as the day lounge suit came to replace frock coats and morning coats; and, rarely worn today, the morning suit. This article discusses the lounge suit, elements of informal dress code. The variations in design, cut, and cloth, such as two- and three- piece, or single- and double- breasted, determine the social and work suitability of the garment. Often, suits are worn, as is traditional, with a collared shirt and necktie. Until around the 1960s, as with all men's clothes, a hat would have been also worn when the wearer was outdoors. Suits also come with different numbers of pieces: a two-piece suit has a jacket and the trousers; a three piece adds a vest or waistcoat; further pieces might include a matching flat cap.

Definition of lounge suit in the English dictionary

The definition of lounge suit in the dictionary is the customary suit of matching jacket and trousers worn by men for the normal business day.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOUNGE SUIT

lounder · lounge · lounge bar · lounge jacket · lounge lizard · lounger · loungewear · loungingly · loungy · loup · loupe · louping ill · lour · Lourdes · loure · lourie · louring · louringly · loury · louse

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOUNGE SUIT

bathing suit · birthday suit · business suit · diving suit · dress suit · follow suit · jogging suit · jump suit · leisure suit · long suit · major suit · sailor suit · strong suit · suit · sweat suit · swimming suit · three-piece suit · trouser suit · union suit · wet suit · zoot suit

Synonyms and antonyms of lounge suit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lounge suit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOUNGE SUIT

Find out the translation of lounge suit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lounge suit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lounge suit» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

西服
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

traje de calle
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lounge suit
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लाउंज सूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دعوى صالة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Зал костюм
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

traje de passeio
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লাউঞ্জে মামলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

veston
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Saman santai
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Straßenanzug
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ラウンジスーツ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

라운지 정장
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Setelan kamar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại áo dài
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

லவுஞ்ச் வழக்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लाऊँज खटला
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

gündelik elbise
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vestito salotto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lounge suit
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

зал костюм
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

costum de salon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lounge κοστούμι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dagpak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kavajkostym
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

salong dress
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lounge suit

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George Hamilton
Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOUNGE SUIT»

Discover the use of lounge suit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lounge suit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Costume 1915-1970: A Source Book for the Stage Costumer
Day Wear The double-breasted lounge suit, often pin-striped, was perhaps the most-typical outfit of the thirties (Figures 1, 2). The shoulders were wide, the waistline was semifitted, and the lapels were very wide and peaked. The description ...
Shirley Miles O'Donnol, 1989
2
Everyday Fashions of the 20th Century
Working men wore a lounge suit for best, even when they worked in corduroys and old waistcoats. During the 1920s the lounge jacket stayed long but the four buttons were reduced to three. Informal wear was a pair of flannel trousers and a  ...
Avril Lansdell, 1999
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
... CAR lounge lizard n (1917) 1 : LADIES- MAN 2 : FOP 3 : a social parasite loung-er \'laun-jar\ n (1508) 1 : one that lounges; esp : IDLER 2 : an article of clothing or furniture designed for comfort and leisure use lounge suit n (1901) chiefly Brit ...
‎2004
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The National CV of Britain: A non-PC history of Britain.
If the precise moment of inception is vague the point of victory of the lounge suit over its forerunners as the standard battledress of the office worker is clearer... the tailed morning coat finally gave up to the lounge suit with the rise of American  ...
John Hart
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Autobiographies II: Drums Under the Windows and Inishfallen, ...
One day, high up on the plank of a scaffolding, along came a tall partner of the firm, trim in a fine navy-blue lounge suit, cream embroidered waistcoat, soft hat, and natty tie, till they touched the rough garments of Sean, and the stalwart figure  ...
Sean O'Casey, 2011
6
The Culture of Fashion
Refined by the 1850s into the Lounge Jacket, the Paletot was made to fit more closely through the addition of darts from the underarm and could be worn with matching waistcoat and trousers as an informal ancestor of the modern lounge suit.
Christopher Breward, 1995
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Material Culture In The Social World
This can be summed up as a set of reversals of the material features of the tailored lounge suit (see Wright 1996). The tailored suit presents fine— ness of material, cloth which is smooth, consistent and restrained in colour but hangs from the ...
Dant, Tim, 1999
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Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art...
Country lounge suit. © May 14, 1915; 2 c. May 17, 1915; K 87793. Double- breasted sacque. © Apr. 5, 1915; 2 c. Apr. 7, 1915; K 86274. Double-breasted summer dinner Jacket. © Apr. 5, 1915; 2 c. Apr. 7, 1915; K 86275. Knickerbocker golf suit.
‎1914
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The Rotarian
... Luxurious Quality SHIRTMAKERS AND HABERDASHERS 0 NEW YORK CHICAGO Silk Lounge Suit, $225.00 Flannel Lounge Suit, $85.00 PARIS 2 Rue de Castiglione NEW HOTEL SHERMAN CHICAGO Home of Chicago Rotary Club for.
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The Excellence In You
For normal functions before the dinner hour, that is before eight o'clock, like luncheons, garden parties, cocktail dances and interviews, the lounge suit worn should be either dark blue or medium to dark grey, double-breasted and with a dark ...
Dr. Giriraj Shah

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOUNGE SUIT»

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State leaders to observe Sarawak Independence Day on July 22
All male guests have been advised to wear white lounge suit or put on a white blazer or they may choose to wear their national or traditional ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
2
Adamson Book Chapter 3 - Alan, Bob and Harry too
... a track suit more than a lounge suit, continually on top of the players on the training pitch. For Jimmy Adamson he became a role model and a ... «TheFootballNetwork.net, Jul 15»
3
Five places that still demand ties, and five that ban them
A lounge suit and tie is the minimum, but "James Bond style dinner jackets bring a real sense of occasion to the evening", adds the company. 3. «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
A Tribute to Phil Walsh
As the inaugural Bears club champion Walsh received $6000, a trophy and a lounge suit from teammate Brad Hardie's fiancee's father, who ... «Brisbane Lions, Jul 15»
5
'Weird Al' Yankovic makes dorky things cool in Wichita performance
During one song, he slunk into the audience in a sleazy lounge suit and straddled a blonde, who threw her fist in the air, as if Yankovic were a ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
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The Wedding Guru - What to wear to a wedding and what not to
For a more casual summer wedding, a single-breasted lounge suit will work wonders. It is still a very smart option, befitting the importance of ... «Watch Shop, Jun 15»
7
Varekai one of Cirque's best to play in Edmonton
There is a very funny comic act where Australian clown Steven Bishop comes out into the spotlight in his bell-bottomed lounge suit to sing ... «Edmonton Sun, Jun 15»
8
Patently Mendacious
The custodian of the speech is a nerd usually seen in a lounge suit, Michael Gove, who from journeyman beginnings as a Times hack and a ... «London Review of Books, May 15»
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Crackdown for 'casual attire' not a morale booster for IAS officers
... formal shoes while the attire for a formal event is a black or white Jodhpur suit or a two- or three-piece lounge suit, preferably in dark colors. «Hindustan Times, May 15»
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Election 2015: The SNP and its SMC (Salmond-Murdoch Conspiracy)
Never has he been the only man in a lounge suit at an aristo wedding just to avoid appearing in the papers wearing his tails. Not often, anyway. «The Independent, May 15»
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