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Definition of Balldress
1. Noun. A suit or dress for formal occasions.
Generic synonyms: Evening Clothes, Evening Dress, Eveningwear, Formalwear
Geographical relationships: England
Geographical relationships: England
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balldress
Literary usage of Balldress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"She died at Bath, and, according to her own desire, was dressed in her beat
balldress wimen placed in the coffin. ..."
2. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"mother said it nearly broke her heart to have to go to a smart family wedding in
bottle green merino, with a petticoat like a balldress hidden away inside ..."
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