After-five

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any attire or clothing that is semiformal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities. not-comparable

    "[…] the women wearing after-five dresses, the men in stiff shirts, dark blue suits. It looked more like one of Reagan's state dinners, and I had no place to hide."

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"[…] the women wearing after-five dresses, the men in stiff shirts, dark blue suits. It looked more like one of Reagan's state dinners, and I had no place to hide."

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