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  • noun Plural form of formal.

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Examples

  • Traditionally, men's shirts are classified as formals and casuals.

    Best Syndication - 2009

  • Since it is cotton, she can do that more easily, when a lot of "formals" still hang in the closet, made of chiffon and delicate fabrics unsuitable for daily wear.

    The Pink Dress 2009

  • I would take out those teen romance novels -- stories about lovelorn young girls who wore "formals" and went to proms with boys.

    Books of the New World and the Old Lucette Lagnado 2007

  • After I asked about the dress, she told me she did not do "formals" and that I had to take it back to where I purchased it.

    The Union - All Categories 2009

  • I fell for Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, oh yes, and now Lady Chatterley's Lover, seemed innocent as the tulle formals we once wore, our firm neat little tits pressed carefully into the tight-boned strapless bodices, not a line of cleavage to be seen.

    Jill Robinson: Helen Gurley Brown And the Ostentatious Orgasm Jill Robinson 2011

  • And now that Facebook and cellphone photos record every outing, no woman wants to wear the same outfit to two football games, let alone rush-week events, monthly sorority date-night parties, parents' weekend cocktails or formals.

    Fashion 101: Rent The Runway Targets Students Christina Binkley 2011

  • I have sewn just about everything from home decorator things to mens blazers to formals, but I still prefer the one-hour type pattern that is not time consuming.

    What Women Are Saying About Clothing Today 2009

  • I fell for Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, oh yes, and now Lady Chatterley's Lover, seemed innocent as the tulle formals we once wore, our firm neat little tits pressed carefully into the tight-boned strapless bodices, not a line of cleavage to be seen.

    Jill Robinson: Helen Gurley Brown And the Ostentatious Orgasm Jill Robinson 2011

  • I fell for Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, oh yes, and now Lady Chatterley's Lover, seemed innocent as the tulle formals we once wore, our firm neat little tits pressed carefully into the tight-boned strapless bodices, not a line of cleavage to be seen.

    Jill Robinson: Helen Gurley Brown And the Ostentatious Orgasm Jill Robinson 2011

  • OXFORD, Ohio — Sorority spring formals call up visions of young women in colorful dresses dancing the night away – not vomiting on tables, urinating in sinks or having sex in closets.

    Raucous Sorority Antics Spur School Alcohol Efforts 2010

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