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party dress

party dress noun: a woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.

Noun

party dress (plural party dresses)

  1. A woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.
    • The designer’s most recent advertising campaign was shot in a Scottish landfill site, featuring the models Birgit Kos in a camel jumpsuit on top of the decaying wreck of a car, and Iana Godnia in a green lace party dress prone on a bed of cardboard and flattened milk cartons.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
    • Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. /And with the way you look I understand /that you were not impressed. /But I heard you let that little friend of mine /take off your party dress.1977, Elvis Costello, Alison

Forms of party dress

pluralparty dresses

Questions about party dress

What does party dress mean?
Party dress means a woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.
What part of speech is party dress?
Party dress is a noun.
What is the plural of party dress?
The plural of party dress is party dresses.

Words near party dress in the dictionary

  1. party crasher
  2. party crashers
  3. party cries
  4. party cry
  5. party down
  6. party dress
  7. party dresses
  8. party favor
  9. party favors
  10. party foul
  11. party fouls

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