leisure suit

noun

: a suit consisting of a shirt jacket and matching trousers for informal wear

Examples of leisure suit in a Sentence

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The bad ones end up in the dustbin of history along with leisure suits, pet rocks, mullets, and disco. — William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025 My father’s powder-blue polyester leisure suit with the shirt collar extending almost to the shoulders—cringe. — Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026 Talen, who is seventy-five, held an umbrella above his white leisure suit and silver bouffant, eying a pair of bank security guards. — Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026 Further accessorizing a polyester leisure suit ensemble would likely be a screamingly loud, atrocious acetate shirt. — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for leisure suit

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of leisure suit was in 1975

Rhymes for leisure suit

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“Leisure suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leisure%20suit. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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