dinner dress

a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown.

Origin of dinner dress

First recorded in 1805–15

dinky-di, dinna, dinner, dinner clothes, dinner dance, dinner dress, dinner fork, dinner jacket, dinner knife, dinner lady, dinner pad

She had no thought for the short rose-brocade train of her dinner-dress, and let it trail over the dirty floor.
The Penalty|Gouverneur Morris
Her whole capacity rarely rose beyond the effort to distinguish a ball-dress from a dinner-dress.
The Clique of Gold|Emile Gaboriau
When she put on her dinner-dress and faced him, Mart Haney was humbled to earth.
Money Magic|Hamlin Garland
She glittered with diamonds—in a street-dress which might also have answered for a dinner-dress.
Life on the Stage|Clara Morris

One for morning, and one for promenade, and a dinner-dress, and yet another.
Averil|Rosa Nouchette Carey

单词	dinner dress
释义	dinner dress noun a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown. Origin of dinner dress First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby dinner dress dinky-di, dinna, dinner, dinner clothes, dinner dance, dinner dress, dinner fork, dinner jacket, dinner knife, dinner lady, dinner pad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dinner dress She had no thought for the short rose-brocade train of her dinner-dress, and let it trail over the dirty floor. The Penalty\|Gouverneur Morris Her whole capacity rarely rose beyond the effort to distinguish a ball-dress from a dinner-dress. The Clique of Gold\|Emile Gaboriau When she put on her dinner-dress and faced him, Mart Haney was humbled to earth. Money Magic\|Hamlin Garland She glittered with diamonds—in a street-dress which might also have answered for a dinner-dress. Life on the Stage\|Clara Morris One for morning, and one for promenade, and a dinner-dress, and yet another. Averil\|Rosa Nouchette Carey
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