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second mourning

noun

second mourning

noun
1

Obsolete A style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.

  • I drest myself in my second-mourning suit in which I had been powdered […].1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 237:

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