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(historical) An outfit for small boys, popular from about 1790 to the late 1820s, consisting of a tight coat or jacket buttoned to a pair of high-waisted trousers.

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skeleton suit

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skeleton suit

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(historical) An outfit for small boys, popular from about 1790 to the late 1820s, consisting of a tight coat or jacket buttoned to a pair of high-waisted trousers.

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小さな男児用の歴史的な服装。約1790年頃から1820年代後半にかけて流行し、タイトなコートまたはジャケットに高い位置でウエストにボタン留めされたズボンを組み合わせた一式の衣装。

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The portrait showed a little boy in a skeleton suit, his jacket buttoned snugly to high-waisted trousers.

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その肖像画には、ぴったりした上着が高い位置のズボンにボタンで留められた幼児用の服装を着た小さな少年が描かれていた。1790年頃から1820年代後半にかけて流行した様式だ。

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(historical) An outfit for small boys, popular from about 1790 to the late 1820s, consisting of a tight coat or jacket buttoned to a pair of high-waisted trousers.

Although he could not have been less than eighteen or nineteen years old, and was tall for that age, he wore a skeleton suit, such as is usually put upon very little boys, and which, though most absurdly short in the arms and legs, was quite wide enough for his attenuated frame.

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