"glad rags" meaning in English

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          "text": "1896, Henry M. Blossom, Jr., Checkers: A Hard-luck Story, Grosset & Dunlap, page 39,\n“But say, you wouldn’t have known me if you’d seen me here with my wife that time—my glad rags on, a stove-pipe lid, patent leather kicks and a stone on my front. […]"
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          "text": "1897 April, W. H. Carruth and Paul Wilkinson, \"Dialect Word-List.—No. 4\", in Kansas University Quarterly, Series B:—Philology and History, Volume VI, Number 2, University of Kansas, page 88,\nglad rags: “Sunday-go-to-meeting” clothes.—General."
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          "text": "1920, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, The Schoolmaster of Hessville, Doubleday, page 285,\n“[…] Or she’ll say, ‘Well, I must go now and put on my glad rags.’ Glad rags yet, John! Yes, that’s what she calls her best frock! Ain’t it funny? […]”"
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          "ref": "1935, Graham Greene, England Made Me, Penguin Classics (1992), page 83",
          "text": "‘I bet you are busy,’ he said. He paused at the door: ‘I shall need some money for glad rags.’ ¶ ‘Glad rags?’ ¶ ‘White tie and the rest of it.’"
        },
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          "text": "1959, Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 30,\nHelen: Help yourself to a drink, Peter, and I'll go and put my glad rags on. [Exit.]"
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          "text": "2007, Brett Atkinson, Central Europe, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 143,\nBrno has an excellent theater and classical music, and you’re expected to put your glad rags on."
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        "Formal attire, dress clothes."
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          "dress clothes",
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        "(slang) Formal attire, dress clothes."
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          "word": "Sunday best"
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          "text": "1969, Iceberg Slim, Mama Black Widow: A Story of the South’s Black Underworld, Holloway House Publishing (2004), →ISBN, page 183,\nLock Jaw said, “Bessie, how would you like to get dressed up in a grand worth of glad rags and go to a fancy blowout with me?”"
        },
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          "text": "2002, Judith Clarke, Wolf on the Fold, Front Street, →ISBN, pages 41–42,\n‘She might forget,’ said Clightie. ‘You know how she does. While she's in there putting her glad rags on; she might come out, all dressed up, and not remember what she’s dressed up for.’"
        },
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          "text": "2007, Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 85,\nPut on your glad rags and git down with the in-crowd at Casablanca’s hip Boulevard de la Corniche (p101)"
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        "Stylish clothing."
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        "(slang) Stylish clothing."
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          "text": "1896, Henry M. Blossom, Jr., Checkers: A Hard-luck Story, Grosset & Dunlap, page 39,\n“But say, you wouldn’t have known me if you’d seen me here with my wife that time—my glad rags on, a stove-pipe lid, patent leather kicks and a stone on my front. […]"
        },
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          "text": "1897 April, W. H. Carruth and Paul Wilkinson, \"Dialect Word-List.—No. 4\", in Kansas University Quarterly, Series B:—Philology and History, Volume VI, Number 2, University of Kansas, page 88,\nglad rags: “Sunday-go-to-meeting” clothes.—General."
        },
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          "text": "1920, Helen Reimensnyder Martin, The Schoolmaster of Hessville, Doubleday, page 285,\n“[…] Or she’ll say, ‘Well, I must go now and put on my glad rags.’ Glad rags yet, John! Yes, that’s what she calls her best frock! Ain’t it funny? […]”"
        },
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        },
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          "text": "1959, Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 30,\nHelen: Help yourself to a drink, Peter, and I'll go and put my glad rags on. [Exit.]"
        },
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          "text": "2007, Brett Atkinson, Central Europe, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 143,\nBrno has an excellent theater and classical music, and you’re expected to put your glad rags on."
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        },
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          "text": "2002, Judith Clarke, Wolf on the Fold, Front Street, →ISBN, pages 41–42,\n‘She might forget,’ said Clightie. ‘You know how she does. While she's in there putting her glad rags on; she might come out, all dressed up, and not remember what she’s dressed up for.’"
        },
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          "text": "2007, Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 85,\nPut on your glad rags and git down with the in-crowd at Casablanca’s hip Boulevard de la Corniche (p101)"
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      "word": "gladrags"
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