morning dress

noun

1. formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
2. a simple dress for wear in the home; housedress.

morning dress

noun

1. formal day dress for men, comprising a morning coat, usually with grey trousers and top hat

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning dress¹

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

While Miss Symes was speaking she was changing her morning-dress and putting on a very warm woolen dressing-gown.

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The simple white morning-dress, with the black velvet ribbon at throat and waist was sad and suggestive too.

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Lulu stands motionless before the mirror, in a green silk morning-dress.

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Lulu, in a big-flowered morning-dress, her hair in a simple knot in a golden circlet, sits in the arm-chair left of the ottoman.

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Mrs. Erwin herself wore a morning-dress of becoming delicacy, and an airy French cap; she had a light fall of powder on her face.

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