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birthday suit noun a state of nudity UK, 1771
idiombirthday suitin your birthday suitnot wearing any clothes:Martinez, 19, arrived in his birthday suit for a disciplinary meeting at the university.A 16-year-old girl turned up in her birthday suit at the British Open yesterday.
birthday suitWhat one is said to be "wearing" while completely naked. Alludes to the fact that one is born without clothing. I have a recurring nightmare where I'm walking through school in my birthday suit. As kids, we had no problem going swimming together in our birthday suits. birthday suitNakedness, as in The doorbell rang, and here I was in my birthday suit. In 18th-century Britain this term originally referred to the clothes one wore on the king's birthday. Later it was jocularly transferred to bare skin, alluding to the condition of a newborn baby. birthday suitWearing no clothes. People said to be in their birthday suit are as naked as the day they were born. |