cocktail dress

noun

: a usually short dress that is suitable for formal occasions

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Rowland wore a sleek velvet black dress, as Williams sported a short sequin red cocktail dress. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025 Coming for Suzie while wearing your 80th cocktail dress? Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 With Hailey leaning hard into her strawberry-girl moment, the budding skin care guru wore a tight red cocktail dress to a Rhode event, while Justin wore…sweats. Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025 For women, a black cocktail dress or dressier black pants are perfect for most events; for men, a nice jacket and tie will suit most occasions. Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail dress

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“Cocktail dress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20dress. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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