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glad rags

glad rags {n.}, {slang}

Clothes worn to parties or on special occasions; best clothes.

Mrs. Owens put on her glad rags for the party.

Compare: BEST BIB AND TUCKER.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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