He had just been to the cellar, and was in
full dress too; that is, he had taken his gaiters off, and showed his little dumpy legs in black worsted stockings.
Beneath these they spread buffalo skins, upon which they stretched themselves in
full dress, with caps, cloaks, and moccasins, and covered themselves with numerous blankets; notwithstanding all which they were often severely pinched with the cold.
His Majesty, in
full dress, was accompanied by his royal Highness, M.
His brother, Darya Alexandrovna, and Stepan Arkadyevitch, all in
full dress, were waiting for him to bless him with the holy picture.
But when her father saw her in
full dress and with all her jewels about her, he said to her in his own language, "What means this, my daughter?
In Marseilles you pay forty dollars for a first-class dress coat made by a good tailor, but in Leghorn you can get a
full dress suit for the same money.
"My dear Du Vallon," he said, "here you are in
full dress most fortunately, for I am going to take you to the cardinal's."
She was in
full dress this evening; and her appearance was certainly calculated to impress all beholders.
This head-gear, in conjunction with a pair of gloves worn within doors, she seemed to consider as at once a kind of armour against misfortune (invariably assuming it when in low spirits or difficulties), and as a species of
full dress. It was therefore with some sinking of the spirit that her husband beheld her thus heroically attired, putting down her candle in the little hall, and coming down the doorsteps through the little front court to open the gate for him.
Belle and Trix were there in
full dress; and, in the pauses between different pieces, Messrs.
All three were habited in strict holiday costume; that is to say, they were wrapped up to the chins, and wore as many clothes as possible, which is, and has been, a stage-coachman's idea of
full dress ever since stage- coaches were invented.
A gentleman lounging,
full dressed, on a sofa, with an opera-glass in his hand, passed before my view, and also my own figure at full length in a glass.
full dress - formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men