Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's suit having pants and a matching jacket.
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- noun US A
women 'ssuit consisting of coordinatedpants (trousers ) andjacket
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women
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Examples
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The lady in the pantsuit is about ready to sing!!!!
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Looks like the fat lady in the pantsuit is singing ..... game over
Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics 2008
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We only need the lady in pantsuit to make a graceful exit, so that we can rally everybody around and get set for the GE!
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The lady in the pantsuit is warming up and the fat lady is singing.
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Liar liar her pantsuit is canary yellow and not blue, black, brown or orange but guess wht it is reddddddddddddddd.
Clinton picks up a superdelegate, but still lags behind 2008
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Maybe the pantsuit was a little tight around the shoulders.
CBS News: Hillary's Body-Language Showed She Didn't Really Endorse Obama 2009
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It's pretty tough to convince America's young voters that the old lady in the pantsuit is the one to get excited about.
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The new version of the pantsuit was a below-the-hip lean blazer with skinny pants in the same plaid pattern but different scales.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Faster then you can say "pantsuit," we're in and out of Milan.
Katherine Ensslen: When in Milan (Fashion Week), Do as the Milanese (Fashion Folk) Do Katherine Ensslen 2010
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I honestly think that's just because 'pantsuit' is kind of a funny word, all on its own.
"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You ..." Rogers 2008
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