soup-and-fish

[ soop-uhn-fish ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a man's formal evening clothes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of soup-and-fish¹

Alluding to the early courses of a formal dinner

Example Sentences

To dance all night in twenty-one different places, ranging from dives to strictly soup-and-fish.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• evening gown