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Fauntleroy suit

Fauntleroy suit noun: a boy's formal suit consisting of a velvet cutaway jacket and matching knee pants, worn with a fancy blouse and a large lace or ruffled collar.

Noun

Fauntleroy suit (plural Fauntleroy suits)

  1. A boy's formal suit consisting of a velvet cutaway jacket and matching knee pants, worn with a fancy blouse and a large lace or ruffled collar.

Forms of Fauntleroy suit

pluralFauntleroy suits

Origin of Fauntleroy suit

Described in the children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Questions about Fauntleroy suit

What does Fauntleroy suit mean?
Fauntleroy suit means a boy's formal suit consisting of a velvet cutaway jacket and matching knee pants, worn with a fancy blouse and a large lace or ruffled collar.
What part of speech is Fauntleroy suit?
Fauntleroy suit is a noun.
What is the plural of Fauntleroy suit?
The plural of Fauntleroy suit is Fauntleroy suits.

Words near Fauntleroy suit in the dictionary

  1. faunoiphilia
  2. faunological
  3. faunology
  4. fauns
  5. Fauntleroy
  6. Fauntleroy suit
  7. Fauntleroyesque
  8. Fauntleroyish
  9. Fauntleroys
  10. faunula
  11. faunulae

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