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Definition of Birthday suit
1. Noun. Informal terms for nakedness. "In his birthday suit"
Definition of Birthday suit
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Nakedness; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birthday Suit
Literary usage of Birthday suit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"In his " Temple Beau," the beau is dunned "for a birthday suit of velvet, 4O/."
Be sure that Mr. Harry Fielding was dunned too. ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... that the tailor had just brought home my clothes for his Majesty's birthday."
In his "Temple Beau," the beau is dunned "for * birthday suit of velvet, ..."
3. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"In his " Temple Beau," the beau is dunned " for a birthday suit of velvet, 40/."
Be sure that Mr. Harry Fielding was dunned too. the verge of the Court. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"If I may give vent to a little allowable jocosity on so hilarious an occasion,
I should say that he had put on his birthday suit, in order to appear with ..."
5. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"... poncho, cardinal, pelerine. in -a stete of nature, - nature's garb, - buff, -
native buff, - birthday suit ; in puns naturalibus ; with nothing on, ..."
6. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"In his " Temple Beau," the beau is dunned "for a birthday suit of velvet, 4O/."
Be sure that Mr. Harry Fielding was dunned too. ..."
7. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... that the tailor had just brought home my clothes for his Majesty's birthday."
In his "Temple Beau," the beau is dunned "for * birthday suit of velvet, ..."
8. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"In his " Temple Beau," the beau is dunned " for a birthday suit of velvet, 40/."
Be sure that Mr. Harry Fielding was dunned too. the verge of the Court. ..."
9. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"If I may give vent to a little allowable jocosity on so hilarious an occasion,
I should say that he had put on his birthday suit, in order to appear with ..."
10. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"... poncho, cardinal, pelerine. in -a stete of nature, - nature's garb, - buff, -
native buff, - birthday suit ; in puns naturalibus ; with nothing on, ..."
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