lounge suit

English

Noun

lounge suit (plural lounge suits)

1. (British) A man’s suit.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     A little bald-headed man with huge horn-rimmed spectacles, and a very handsome and athletic youth in a blue lounge-suit completed the group.

Usage notes

• Originally used for clothes less formal than frock coats or dinner jackets, now used for ordinary business suits