Definition of Double-breasted suit

1. Noun. A suit with a double-breasted jacket.

Terms within: Double-breasted Jacket
Generic synonyms: Suit, Suit Of Clothes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-breasted Suit

double-blind experiment
double-blind method
double-blind procedure
double-blind study
double-blind test
double-blind tests
double-bluff
double-bogey
double-book
double-booked
double-booking
double-books
double-break
double-breasted
double-breasted jacket
double-breasted suit (current term)
double-channel catheter
double-check
double-checked
double-checking
double-checks
double-chinned
double-click
double-clicked
double-clicking
double-clicks
double-count
double-cross
double-crossed
double-crosser

Literary usage of Double-breasted suit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"Wearing a white satin double-breasted suit, he obviously had showmanship on his side. "Singing Sandra," Sandra des Vignes, ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1951 - we fairly reckoned you'd be with us on one of the weekends —John O'Hara, letter, March 1931 I reckon if anybody wears a double-breasted suit properly ..."

3. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"He usually wore a black double-breasted suit along with a vest and bow tie. In cold weather, he donned a fashionable Prince Albert overcoat and brown derby ..."

4. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"He usually wore a black double-breasted suit along with a vest and bow tie. In cold weather, he donned a fashionable Prince Albert overcoat and brown derby ..."

5. South American Travels by Henry Stephens (1911)
"Attired immaculately in a double- breasted suit of blue serge, with clean white yachting cap and shoes, one would expect this courier to be the whole show. ..."

6. An Amiable Charlatan: By E. Phillips Oppenheim... with Illustrations by Will by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916)
"... a costume that seemed to render more noticeable his great girth and smooth pink-and-white face — but in a blue serge, double-breasted suit, a bowler hat ..."

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