"pants-suit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pants-suits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pants-suit (plural pants-suits)
  1. Alternative form of pantsuit Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pantsuit
    Sense id: en-pants-suit-en-noun-VrcacllF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1971 March 15, [Jimmy] Hatlo, “Hatlo’s They’ll Do It Every Time”, in The Evening Sentinel, volume XC, number 78, Carlisle, Pa., page 3",
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