Mao suit

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Mao suit [maʊ]

(Clothing & Fashion) a simple style of clothing, traditionally made of cotton and commonly worn in Communist China, consisting of loose trousers and a straight jacket with a close-fitting stand-up collar

[named after Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), Chinese Marxist theoretician and statesman, who popularized the style]

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