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Definition of Dress blues
1. Noun. A dress uniform for formal occasions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dress Blues
Literary usage of Dress blues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"We requested that Dennis be dressed in his dress blues, not his dress whites.
This request was directed to Chief Braggs of the USS Los Angeles and to a ..."
2. Beatty, Jellicoe, Sims and Rodman: Yankee Gobs and British Tars as Seen by by Francis T. Hunter (1919)
"Within two hours the complement of every ship was lined in dress blues on the
New York streets for the great parade of welcome. Ten thousand strong they ..."
3. Beatty, Jellicoe, Sims and Rodman: Yankee Gobs and British Tars as Seen by by Francis T. Hunter (1919)
"Within two hours the complement of every ship was lined in dress blues on the
New York streets for the great parade of welcome. Ten thousand strong they ..."
4. Republic by Charles Edward Sheehan-miles (2007)
"Now when she thought of him dressed up, it was always in his dress blues, with
the yellow piping of an Armor officer. Ken—'what will you do when I'm gone? ..."
5. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J. Schneider (2006)
"I recognized Harry in his Air Force uniform—dress blues—posing with my grandfather,
a distant look in his eye. The old scrapbook glue crackled as I turned ..."
6. Okay, Girls by Helen Gilbert (2006)
"... style as our dress blues. They were gabardine and were worn with white shoes.
We were also issued gray-and- white striped seersucker dresses for summer ..."
7. Half My Heart Is in Iraq! by David D. Bayouth (2006)
"On Christmas Eve 2005 we were getting ready for church with his parents. He was
in his dress blues (they were having a recognition service for ..."
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