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gladrags

gladrags is the alternative form of glad rags.

Meaning of glad rags

Noun

glad rags pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Formal attire, dress clothes.
    • “But say, you wouldn’t have known me if you’d seen me here with my wife that time—my glad rags on, a stove-pipe lid, patent leather kicks and a stone on my front. […]1896, Henry M. Blossom, Jr., Checkers: A Hard-luck Story, Grosset & Dunlap, page 39
    Synonyms:
    Sunday best
  2. (plural, plural-only, slang) Stylish clothing.
    • Lock Jaw said, “Bessie, how would you like to get dressed up in a grand worth of glad rags and go to a fancy blowout with me?”1969, Iceberg Slim, Mama Black Widow: A Story of the South’s Black Underworld, Holloway House Publishing (2004), →ISBN, page 183

Questions about gladrags

What is gladrags the alternative form of?
Gladrags is the alternative form of glad rags.

Words near gladrags in the dictionary

  1. Gladmans
  2. gladness
  3. gladnesses
  4. Gladney
  5. Gladneys
  6. gladrags
  7. glads
  8. Gladsakse
  9. Gladsaxe
  10. gladsome
  11. gladsomely

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