cocktail length

English

Noun

cocktail length (uncountable)

  1. The length of a cocktail dress, typically around knee length.
    • 1956, Billboard (page 92)
      Esther Groscurth was striking in a Grecian wrapped bodice of red crepe with nylon accordion-pleated skirt of cocktail length.
    • 2009, Jill Martin, ‎Pierre A. Lehu, Fashion For Dummies (page 194)
      If you wear a dress, cocktail length is the way to go (obviously). That means that your dress should hit your leg right below the knee, as shown in Figure 11-1.
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