suited and booted
/ˌsutɪd n̩ ˈbutɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You can get Suited and Booted at such figures as will astonish you at the Star Store."
- "Heroines will be suited and booted in tweeds this winter. Anyway, that is Dorothy Mackaill's latest street costume; a tweed suit and shoes of the same material trimmed with a little leather."
- "Jauntily suited and booted, Kathy Sheron (15), of Whitson-road, Huntington Station, New York, arrives in London to claim her prize. Kathy has won the Dave Clark Five—the British Beat Group—in a national contest, along with the title, "Miss Natural Wonder.""
- "The ultimate in suede suited and booted for individualists [title]"
- "In this novella, the TM [Talkative Man] meets Dr Rann, who claims to be a United Nations specialist, and unable to find a place for the strange visitor—who, as they used to say, was suited and booted—takes him to his own house."
- "A couple of suited and booted business types appeared by my side, tossing peanuts into their mouths and gawping at the screens as though they had never seen a television before. They couldn't be from the TV station or any of the production companies that made the shows, because they were far too formally dressed."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsutɪd n̩ ˈbutɪd/
- British English: /ˌsuːtɪd n̩ ˈbuːtɪd/