bag of fruit
bag of fruit noun: a suit (clothing).
Noun
bag of fruit (plural bags of fruit)
- A suit (clothing).
- Very few of the males wore the bag of fruit. ‘Suits’ were becoming the contemptuous synechdoche now used in reference to members of the executive/managerial elite.1995, Overland, numbers 138-141, page 46
- One had spent much time in Queensland. Ah! he said, fingering my jacket. Australian bag of fruit.2003, Brian Castro, Shanghai Dancing, page 377
Examples of bag of fruit in a sentence
- A few nights later Patti dug out my ‘bag of fruit’, but there was no way I was going to wear that.2009, Rex Ellis, Go with the Flow, page 43:
- The bloke's suit looked made-to-order for someone else's body, not so much a bag of fruit as a crate of it, and his hat band was twice the normal width, more like a bandana.2011, Christopher Kremmer, The Chase, unnumbered page:
Forms of bag of fruit
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Questions about bag of fruit
- What does bag of fruit mean?
- Bag of fruit means a suit (clothing).
- How do you use bag of fruit in a sentence?
- A few nights later Patti dug out my ‘bag of fruit’, but there was no way I was going to wear that.
- What part of speech is bag of fruit?
- Bag of fruit is a noun.
- What is the plural of bag of fruit?
- The plural of bag of fruit is bags of fruit.
Words near bag of fruit in the dictionary
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