pantssuit

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See also: pants suit and pants-suit

English

Noun

pantssuit (plural pantssuits)

  1. Alternative form of pantsuit
    • 1970 January 30, Marian Christy, “Unknown Designer Sali Steals the Show in Rome”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif., page C-3, column 4:
      To the tune of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” Sarli brought out a bevy of models, male and female, in white pantssuits with swirling midi capes.
    • 1975, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ho Stroll: A Black Lesbian Novel, book 2, Red Jordan Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 66:
      Skin tight pantssuits, striped gloves, rabbit-fur lined.
    • 1987, Barbara F. Reskin, Patricia A. Roos, “Status Hierarchies and Sex Segregation”, in Christine Bose, Glenna Spitze, editors, Ingredients for Women’s Employment Policy, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
      [] the 1970s saw increasing number of women in white-collar jobs win the right to wear trousers to work though some establishments required pantssuits. [] The pantssuit is rare in most workplaces []