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pants suit en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pantsuit.
    alt of pantsuit
    • Pants suits are booming in popularity with women for good reason. Once a woman starts wearing pants suits she finds it very difficult to go back to skirts and dresses. 1986, Peter J. Frost, Vance F. Mitchell, Walter R. Nord, Organizational Reality: Reports from the Firing Line, 3rd edition, page 139:
    • Pants suits are common for females and the males vie with them in the area of color and design! 1974, Helen H. Foster, William W. Streeter, Only One Cummington: A Book in Two Parts, →LCCN, page 141:
    • By 1970, however, retailers were glad to have the pants suit, with the complete collapse of the midi, and by 1974 the pants suit had become an item that was considered a must alternative in every well-dressed woman’s wardrobe, although no longer the dressiest number. 1975, Chester R. Wasson, Consumer Behavior: A Managerial Viewpoint, page 299:

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