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Definition of Sailor suit
1. Noun. A boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform.
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
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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