Definition of Sailor suit

1. Noun. A boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform.

Generic synonyms: Ensemble

Definition of Sailor suit

1. Noun. The uniform traditionally worn by enlisted seamen, later a popular clothing style for children. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailor Suit

sailing vessels
sailings
sailless
sailmaker
sailmakers
sailmaking
sailor
sailor's-choice
sailor's breastplate
sailor's hitch
sailor's hitches
sailor's skin
sailor boy
sailor cap
sailor dive
sailor suit (current term)
sailor suits
sailorlike
sailorly
sailorman
sailormen
sailors
sailors choice
sailorwoman
sailorwomen
sailour
sailours
sailplane
sailplaned
sailplaner

Literary usage of Sailor suit

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

1. The Bookman (1905)
"... he crept and dodged and scurried down to a certain dealer's on lower Sixth Avenue, jauntily garbed in the sailor-suit of Dick Deadeye of Pinafore. ..."

2. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1911)
"BOY : I should like a sailor suit. TAILOR : Here is a blue sailor suit. BOY : That is a very pretty suit. It is the kind for me. ..."

3. The Best British Short Stories of edited by John Cournos, Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"I may have been a horrid little Casino brat, I may even have worn a white satin sailor-suit with trousers down to my ankles " "Oh!" Ruth winced. ..."

4. Soldier and Dramatist: Being the Letters of Harold Chapin, American Citizen by Harold Chapin, Sidney Dark (1917)
"I rather like your photo in the sailor suit but I love the one with ... By the way old man ; do you wear a black silk handkerchief with your sailor suit ? ..."

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