after-five

English

Adjective

after-five (not comparable)

  1. (clothing) Of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.
    • 1986, Flying Magazine, volume 113, number 4, page 102:
      […] the women wearing after-five dresses, the men in stiff shirts, dark blue suits. It looked more like one of Reagan's state dinners, and I had no place to hide.

Noun

after-five

  1. (clothing) Any attire or clothing that is semiformal. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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