sailor suit

British  

noun

1. a child's suit, usually navy and white, with a collar that is squared off at the back like a sailor's

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Example Sentences

Her mother died when Sydney was 7, and she was influenced by the oddities of her father, a yachtsman who dressed Sydney in a sailor suit until she was 18.

From The Wall Street Journal

He wore a sailor suit to go with his cap.

From Literature

Between 1938 and 1939 alone, Picasso painted 14 portraits of her, including “Maya with her doll,” “Maya with boat,” and “Maya in a sailor suit.”

From Seattle Times

Klaus, meanwhile, had his pajamas removed by the other white-faced woman, and was hurriedly stuffed into a blue sailor suit that itched and made him look like a toddler.

From Literature

In time, two- and three-piece black ensembles of top, trousers and overskirt, oddly like feminized sailor suits, let women plunge in but not go too far.

From Los Angeles Times