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Definition of Dinner dress
1. Noun. A gown for evening wear.
Generic synonyms: Evening Clothes, Evening Dress, Eveningwear, Formalwear, Gown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinner Dress
Literary usage of Dinner dress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American by John A. Ruth, S. L. Louis (1882)
"DINNER-DRESS. We do not in this country, as in England, expose the neck and arms
at a dinner-party. These should be covered, if not by the dress itself, ..."
2. Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society by Richard A. Wells (1894)
"DINNER-DRESS. We do not in this country, as in England, expose the neck and arms
at a dinner-party. These should be covered, if not by the dress itself, ..."
3. Our Deportment, Or, The Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined by John H. Young (1879)
"THE FULL dinner dress. The full dinner dress for guests admits of great splendor.
It may be of any thick texture of silk or velvet for winter, or light rich ..."
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