Meanings
- uncommonuncountableClothing to be worn on a date.
“So I can supervise your choice of datewear. Why else? I’ll see you at seven, girl.”
2000, Patty Rice, “Phase 3”, in Somethin' Extra, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 553 more examples
The datewear this season is divided into two distinct styles, of which there are many variations. Most popular, but attractive only on slim figures, is the sheath dress.
1955 November 13, “Fall Fashions of 1955”, in The Acorn, volume XIIII, number 1, Worcester State University, page 3, column 5Department stores are shunned by prudent housewives. Instead, the glittering aisles are thronged with working girls buying sportswear and datewear—leisure’s costumes.
1968, Max Gunther, “The Weekend World”, in Norman F. Cantor, Michael S. Werthman, editors, The History of Popular Culture, The Macmillan Company, page 700Only when Mom came out in her datewear, which included this totally hot black minidress from Victoria’s Secret (my mom hates shopping, so she buys all her clothes from catalogs while she’s soaking in the tub after a long day of painting), my dad started to choke on this ice cube.
2001, Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries, HarperTrophy, →ISBN, page 83
Origin
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