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Cocktail dress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of women's evening dress suitable for semi-formal occasions or cocktail parties.
  2. 2
    a dress suitable for formal occasions wordnet

Etymology

Apparently coined by Christian Dior in the late 1940s to refer to early-evening wear.

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