cocktail dress

English

A woman wears a blue cocktail dress.

Etymology

Apparently coined by Christian Dior in the late 1940s to refer to early-evening wear.

Noun

cocktail dress (plural cocktail dresses)

  1. A type of women's evening dress suitable for semi-formal occasions or cocktail parties.

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