glad rags

Example Sentences

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And then she will dry her eyes, fish out a few glad rags, throw on a little makeup and get a blowout..

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

The family-friendly day is designed to encourage the next generation - and hundreds of youngsters donned their glad rags and turned out to dance along the route.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023

The hotel’s population of guests look fab in their period glad rags.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2018

The demonstrators were only too happy to talk about their sad rags and their glad rags.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2011

“Had it not been for my superior brawn, she would have sacked my wagon. Finally she limped away from the fray, her glad rags askew.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole