Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Attire for wear on casual occasions.

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  • noun Clothing for non-formal occasions.

Etymologies

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Casual + wear, in the sense of clothing.

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Examples

  • During the interval I chatted to the front of house crew and gazed dreamily at Joseph Fiennes in casualwear standing a foot away from me.

    The One That's Not About The Weather kisobel 2006

  • The casualwear chain will keep its decades-old white-on-navy blue logo after all.

    Gap Gets Rid Of New Logo The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Lattes, book festivals, and high-end casualwear if you're lucky; pound shops, Ladbrokes and boarded-up businesses if you're not.

    The British high street: RIP 2011

  • They unanimously endorse Poland's strict abortion laws it's permitted only in cases of rape, when the mother's life is threatened, or if the foetus is seriously abnormal, but are divided 50/50 on the idea of allowing gay marriage: its most vehement opponent today is Maciej Buklanda, 18, whose long hair and grunge-esque casualwear do not quite chime with his illiberal opinions.

    For a generation of young Poles, travelling abroad is still often the only option 2011

  • Burberry has also clarified its clothing ranges in the last 12 months, launching Burberry London as its wear-to-work label and Burberry Brit as its casualwear offering.

    Burberry Sales Jump 27% 2010

  • Ryan O ' Neal ' s button-downs remained popular casualwear on college campuses for 20 years.

    Shakespeare in Studs Christina Binkley 2010

  • Dita Von Teese shows off her new line of casualwear for film noir heroines and olde timey prostitutes.

    CAPTION THIS: Targeting That “1930s Cabaret Stripper” Demographic | Best Week Ever 2008

  • For this third installment in the series the normally Hollywood-esque environments of Hogwarts are draped in introspective mists, and Harry and company forsake their irritating school uniforms in favour of tunics and casualwear as the overstory behind the series develops for the first time.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Greg Tannahill 2008

  • A robust thesaurus of medieval casualwear is the backbone of any good loot table.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Greg Tannahill 2008

  • The reason: some Chicago gangs use sports-team casualwear as their identifying "colors," and Harvard doesn't want any part of it. 4.

    Perma-Pressed: Where Formal Is Forever 2008

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