noun
General Slang
Glad Rags
/ˈɡlæd ˌræɡz/ · noun · slang
Your finest party clothes, the beaded, fringed, dressed-to-kill outfit you saved for a night out.
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Definitions
1
One's best clothes, worn for a special occasion or a night on the town.
“Put on your glad rags, we're going dancing.”
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2
Loosely, any outfit one dresses up in to celebrate.
“Even the kids broke out their glad rags for the parade.”
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3
Fancy or showy attire, especially eveningwear.
“She swept in wearing her glad rags and a string of pearls.”
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Glad Rags In A Sentence
He brushed off his glad rags for the speakeasy.
No glad rags, no entry to the gala.
We danced until our glad rags were soaked through.
Origin & Usage
Early 20th-century American and British slang for one's best clothes, well established by the 1920s and recorded in period slang glossaries. 'Glad' carried the sense of festive or celebratory, as in the contemporary 'glad eye'.
Variants
gladrags
People Also Ask
What are glad rags?
They are your best or fanciest clothes, worn for going out or celebrating.
Where did glad rags come from?
It is early 1900s slang, popular through the 1920s, using 'glad' in the sense of festive or merry.
Is glad rags still used?
Occasionally, as a playful or old-fashioned way to say 'dress up'.
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