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Synonyms for birthday suit


Grammar : Noun



Définition of birthday suit

Origin :
  • first attested 1730s, but probably much older. The notion is the suit of clothes one was born in, i.e., no clothes at all. Cf. Middle English mother naked "naked as the day one was born;" Middle Dutch moeder naect, German mutternackt.
  • noun the state of having no clothes on
Example sentences :
  • He really looked as if Apollo had sent him a birthday suit, or a wedding-garment, and was witty and lively.
  • Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II » by Thomas Moore
  • I had a fellow feeling for that Mazeppa party who was tied in his birthday suit to the back of a wild horse.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • Birthday Suit, the suit in which Adam and Eve first saw each other, and were not ashamed.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

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