Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having only three suits of clothes, or wearing three suits of clothes (referring to a custom, once prevalent among the peasantry of Germany, of putting on their whole wardrobe on festival occasions, one suit over another).
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Examples
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Of a _three-suited knave_ I know not the meaning, unless it be that he has different dresses for different occupations.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Yes, he’s a weaselly, three-suited, arse-lick who betrayed the interests of the United States to please his evil masters and advance his career.
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... (3) a strong three-suited hand with short ♥, he bid the suit below his singleton, whereupon ... (4) his partner made an artificial enquiry, and when North showed ...
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... (3) a strong three-suited hand with short ♥, he bid the suit below his singleton, whereupon ... (4) his partner made an artificial enquiry, and when North showed ...
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