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glad rags

plural noun

, Informal.
  1. dressy clothes, especially as worn to a party or other social event.


glad rags

plural noun

  1. informal.
    best clothes or clothes used on special occasions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of glad rags1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Idioms and Phrases

Stylish clothes, as in Let's put on our glad rags and go out on the town . [ Slang ; late 1800s]
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Example Sentences

So dust down your glad rags, put on your best hat, and pack up your picnic, for we are off to the races!

If you didnt have those glad rags on, I wouldnt be able to tell the difference.

"Whom the gods would destroy they first dress in glad rags," piped Collins.

"Put on your glad rags and come back, Priscilla," begged Peggy, who also was making preparations for a retreat.

Guess you'll have to bid a fond farewell to all the glad rags you brought with you, and put on some of Ruth's, or Helen's.

We can see to it that the Patience girl gets some glad rags and some dope when she gets here.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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