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Full-dress

adjective

Suitable for formal occasions. Synonym: dress. "A full-dress uniform" , "Dress shoes"

(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes. Synonym: dress. "A full-dress ceremony"

Complete in every respect. "A full-dress investigation"

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"Full-dress" Quotes from Famous Books

... at once. "Not Baby Bunting? Oh, Lord! and I promised to give you an adult weapon!—the kind they're wearing now by way of full-dress." ...

— The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories • Owen Wister

... was beautifully arranged. The Captain had put on his full-dress uniform, the General his also, and I had given some extra attention to my toilette. Francis was dressed plainly as usual, without much regard for the day or the visitors; and yet there was something original in her style of dress, an elegance which seemed to heighten her beauty considerably. ...

— Major Frank • A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint

... thrown open to visitors to-morrow morning. Gentlemen intending to appear there, are requested to come with tooth-picks and full-dress walking-canes. ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

... door of his office with a smile in his crafty eyes. "Warden is waiting for you in the mine," he said to Fletcher. "His lambs have been a bit restless this afternoon. He has set his heart on a full-dress parade, but I don't know ...

— The Odds - And Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

... invitations he delivered in person to each consul at the door of each shop, the entire diplomatic corps, as the consuls were pleased to describe themselves, put up the shutters, put on their official full-dress uniforms and ...

— The Lost Road • Richard Harding Davis

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