Fauntleroy suit

American  

noun

1. a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.

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Etymology

Origin of Fauntleroy suit

After the title character of the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) by F. H. Burnett

Example Sentences

Simply, with great poise, he came on the stage last week—a tiny picture child in his Lord Fauntleroy suit, white socks, ankle-ties.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mischa Elman played in a Lord Fauntleroy suit when he was 17.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has big brown eyes and pretty brown bangs, and in that silly-frilly Little Lord Fauntleroy suit he doesn't look a day over twelve.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violinist Ruggiero Ricci appeared on the stage at Carnegie Hall for the first time dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with flowing white bow tie and velvet kneepants.

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Mrs. Ogletree even primped her boy Georgie, whom she’d gadded up in a green velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly