Etymology

suited and booted

suit·ed and boot·ed

Today it means: Dressed smartly, especially in business or formal wear. Full definition →

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The story

From suited (“wearing a suit”, adjective) + and + booted (“wearing a boot or boots”, adjective), the words chosen for the rhyme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.