Word: rigeur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this sort of unmannerly exuberance be reconciled with the fact that suits are de rigeur in eastern classrooms, that formal dress means white tie and tail coat on most eastern campi, that exclusive prep schools furnish a majority of the entering undergraduates...
...turnups [cuffs] on his trousers and you have turnups only on a lounging suit! The trousers aren't striped. And the vest has six buttons down the front. Gloves and spats are de rigeur with a stick and topper, you know. That turndown collar and four-in-hand tie are all right in a way but with a cutaway we should wear a wing collar and a bow tie. I hate to say it but I fear the vest is not quite smart. It should be cut quite low. If you wish to be informal, wear a sack suit...