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after-five

after-five adjective: of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.

Adjective

after-five (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.
    • […] the women wearing after-five dresses, the men in stiff shirts, dark blue suits. It looked more like one of Reagan's state dinners, and I had no place to hide.1986, Flying Magazine, volume 113, number 4, page 102

Noun

after-five

  1. Any attire or clothing that is semiformal.

Questions about after-five

What does after-five mean?
After-five means of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.
What part of speech is after-five?
After-five can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near after-five in the dictionary

  1. after-eye
  2. after-eyed
  3. after-eyeing
  4. after-eyes
  5. after-eying
  6. after-five
  7. after-game
  8. after-games
  9. after-glow
  10. after-glows
  11. after-grass

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