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evening dress

eve·ning dress (plural eve·ning dress·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. formal clothing: clothing worn by men or women for formal social events held in the evening. A man in evening dress usually wears a dinner jacket and black tie, and a woman usually wears a full-length dress of elegant design.

2. U.K. 
Same as  evening gown


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