double-breasted suit

collocation in English

meaningsofdouble-breastedandsuit

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double-breasted
adjective
uk
/ˌdʌb.əlˈbres.tɪd/us
/ˌdʌb.əlˈbres.tɪd/
A double-breasted jacket or coat has two sets of buttons and two wide parts at the front, one of which covers the other when the buttons ...
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suit
noun
uk
/suːt/us
/suːt/
a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the ...
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(Definition ofdouble-breastedandsuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While stocks of suits of normal sizes are reasonably adequate, there has been some delay in supplying those which have to be specially made and double-breasted suits.
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At that time he was sporting a silver watch fob, spread-collar shirt and wide-striped double-breastedsuittailored to accentuate his bodybuilder's silhouette.
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Stylistically,double-breastedsuitjackets usually have peaked lapels, and fasten left lapel over right lapel as usual for men's jackets.
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Fashionable men changed their preference to thedouble-breastedsuitcoat at this time and it would remain in fashion for the next two decades.
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During the week, it is customary to wear a rekel, made of wool or polyester, looking like a regulardouble-breastedsuit, only longer.
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Double-breastedsuitjackets were popular from the mid-1930s until the late 1950s, and again from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
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Single-breasted suits were in style throughout the 1920s and thedouble-breastedsuitwas mainly worn by older more conservative men.
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They also wear either a darkdouble-breastedsuit(or with waistcoat if single-breasted) or a black coat and waistcoat and black or grey morning dress striped trousers.
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While stocks of suits of normal sizes are reasonably adequate, there has been some delay in supplying those which have to be specially made and double-breasted suits.
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By 1985-1986, three-piece suits were on the way out and making way for cut double-breasted suits and two piece single-breasted.
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