tea-dress

English

Noun

tea-dress (plural tea-dresses)

1. Alternative form of tea dress
   • 2013, Pernia Qureshi, Be Stylish with Pernia Qureshi, Random House India, →ISBN:

     There is no shortage of 30–40s style tea-dresses in the market, make sure you buy something belted to accentuate your waist.

   • 2015, Nancy Holder, chapter 1, in Beauty & the Beast: Some Gave All, Titan Books, →ISBN:

     Maids of honor Tess Vargas and Heather Chandler wore oyster-colored tea-dresses of antique lace, and like the groom, best man J.T. Forbes had on a tux.

   • 2016, Bernice Barrington, Sisters and Lies, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

     In the end I went for a floral tea-dress with a pair of Chelsea boots: feminine enough to show off my (fake) tanned legs but not so try-hard that I looked as if I wanted to steal Shannon’s fiancé.