Meaning of soup and fish | Babel Free

Definitions

Men's formal white tie dress.

dated, slang, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Not a thing, you notice⟳, about Elmer showing up in the soup and fish⟳—the women thought that was all right. May Wilson even said that he looked well in the outfit.”

“Then the boys shake⟳ the moth-balls out of the “soup and fishes” and try⟳ to crowd 180-250 pounds of avoirdupois into 135-160 pound suits, trusting that twenty-year-old seams will stand⟳ the strain⟳ for one more night.”

“[…] to not buy⟳ hundred-dollar official soup-and-fishes when officially recommended to do so […]”

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