dresswearn.
/ˈdrɛswɛː/, U.S. /ˈdrɛsˌwɛ(ə)r/ Clothing suitable for formal occasions.
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1851 Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Courier 29 Mar. (advt.) Fancy merino vests—This lot is suitable for dress wear.
1915 Textile Colorist Apr. 127/2 One of the leading weaving mills is using silk of this kind for some of the costliest novelties offered in its line of fabrics for dress wear.
1958 British Style No. 4 34 The single-breasted dinner-jacket cut with a narrow shawl-collar is now firmly established in the dresswear field.
1995 A. D. Foster Life Form xi. 160 Though they had no dresswear, he and his companions had donned clean jumpsuits..out of respect for their..hosts.
2012 Independent 25 May 3/1 The Oxfordshire village was electrified by thoughts of red carpet dresswear, multiplex distribution deals and Hollywood remake rights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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