Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of ladieswear.
In ladywear, with full lady persona, she was a woman.
2011, Cherie Priest, chapter 8, in Bloodshot, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 1822 more examples
‘Afraid I don’t have much in the way of ladywear, and your dress is probably a bit . . . unnecessary here.’
2015, Lucy Inglis, Crow Mountain, Chicken House, →ISBN“I’m really sorry about this, Charlotte. I do wish we were meeting under different circumstances,” Max apologized, carefully avoiding the ladywear as he restacked what I’d just shoved into the back to make it easier for me to remove everything later.
2019, Nina Bocci, Meet Me on Love Lane, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 39
Origin
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ladywear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladywear
“ladywear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladywear. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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