seersucker
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- noun
- /ˈsɪrˌsʌkər/
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seersucker
- The shadow is a man with dove-white hair, wearing a dress shirt and seersucker jacket.
- white seersucker
- summer seersucker
Examples
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There he sat, lean and young, his hair greased back, wearing a seersucker suit and a straw boater.
Fiction book (1994) -
My father wore his straw hat and seersucker suit.
Fiction book (1999) -
Why is the minister in a seersucker suit?
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Oh, and that seersucker suit?
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My father wore a seersucker suit and a string tie.
Fiction book (2001) -
Charlie enters from the bedroom wearing a blue seersucker suit.
Fiction book (1991) -
Grim had on a red-and-white seersucker shirt and khaki pants.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the summer, he wore a seersucker suit that didn't conceal half moons of dried sweat under his arms.
Fiction book (1996) -
The air was pleasant in the courtroom, but sweat stains were growing under the armpits of Lou Briones' seersucker suit.
Fiction book (1999) -
He wore a stylish seersucker suit to the summer wedding, perfect for the hot weather.
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Etymology
Seersucker comes from an Indian phrase made of shir 'milk' and shakar 'sugar', because the cloth's smooth and rough stripes look like a mix of milk and sugar. So seersucker now means a light, crinkled fabric, often with thin stripes, that is perfect for hot weather.