glad rags
nounEtymology
US origin, late 19th c.
Definitions
Formal attire, dress clothes.
- 1920, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, The Schoolmaster of Hessville, Doubleday, page 285, “[…] Or she’ll say, ‘Well, I must go now and put on my glad rags.’ Glad rags yet, John! Yes, that’s what she calls her best frock! Ain’t it funny? […]”
Stylish clothing.
- 2007, Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 85, Put on your glad rags and git down with the in-crowd at Casablanca’s hip Boulevard de la Corniche (p101)
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