man's clothing
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- noun
:
ropa de hombre
- She lifts the lid and removes some men's clothing: rough working trousers and a hide jacket.
- a men's clothing store
- wear men's clothing
- a men's clothing line
Examples
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He passed in front of a men's clothing store, and after a moment backtracked and stood looking in its window.
Fiction book (1993) -
He owns a couple of men's clothing stores in the city.
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He was working at a men's clothing store.
Fiction book (1994) -
He owns the men's clothing store - on Bolen Street.
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What is unique is the "Shop Komen" tab, where people can share their support of survivors and honor those lost by purchasing women's and men's clothing, accessories, electronics, or even fully customized products.
Blog text (21) -
Cash was recognized while pushing a cart through the men's clothing department.
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She visited a men's clothing store to find a gift for her brother.
Synonyms
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3.4
Clothes made for men, like shirts, suits, and trousers
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
man's + clothing
The meaning is directly compositional: the possessive 'man's' (man + 's) indicates association/ownership and combined with 'clothing' yields 'clothing for a man'. This genitive/attributive pattern is regular in English and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Man's clothing comes from the simple idea that man's means 'belonging to a man' and clothing means clothes. Shops used this label to show items 'for men', so today man's clothing means clothes made or sold 'for men'.