... put on that dinner dress that I liked best. And tell Ma to look her prettiest, too. ... — Flowing Gold • Rex Beach
... from the drawing-room, in dinner dress—for that no lady ever neglects, even though she dines on a cold dumpling. As I opened the street-door, Mrs. Legge was not coming down alone to take her seat at table, but, having some extra duty to perform in consequence ... — Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper