Clothing Compound Words

 
armband barefoot bathrobe
black-tie bracelet cardigan
close-knit clothesline clothespins
color-coordinated double-breasted dressmaker
drip-dry earrings fishnet
flip-flops full-length getup
handbag handkerchief headband
hemline loincloth necklace
overcoat plainclothes pocketbook
pullover raincoat seasmstress
straitjacket sweatshirt sweatsuit
tartan threadbare three-piece
turtleneck two-piece wardrobe
waterproof white-tie  

Use the words from the box to complete the following sentences. Each word is used only once.
  1. A purse can also be called a _____________________ or a _____________________.
  2. A ______________________ suit coat has two rows of buttons in front. A ________________________ suit has only one.
  3. If you want to dry your laundry in the sun, you hang the pieces up on a ________________________ and hold them in place with ________________________.
  4. ________________________ police officers don't wear uniforms to work. They want to blend in with people on the street.
  5. With women's fashions, the ________________________ of skirts may change from year to year. With men's fashions, the width of the lapel on the suit coat may change.
  6. If your clothes are ________________________, it means that they have been used so much they are worn very thin.
  7. If you want to talk about all the clothes you own, you could refer to them as your __________________. If you want to talk about what someone is wearing today, you could call it their ____________________ or their _________________.
  8. In his later life, Gandhi wore only a _______________________.
  9. People in mourning and people who are protestors sometimes wear an ______________________ on their sleeve.
  10. A ________________________ sweater has only tiny holes between the stitches, so it's very warm. We also use this word to describe a loving family whose members write and call each other a lot.
  11. In winter a man might wear an ____________________ outdoors. But if a thunderstorm is forecast, he might wear a ___________________ instead.
  12. Medical workers might put a _____________________ on a mentally ill person if they thought he would hurt himself if he had his hands free.
  13. A jogger might wear a ____________________ with pants that match their __________________. A woman athlete might also wear a _______________ to keep her hair out of her eyes.
  14. A woman who sews for a living is called a ________________________ or a ________________________.
  15. You might wear a _______________ coming from the shower. You might also wear plastic sandals called ________________ if you didn't want to go _________________.
  16. A woman would wear a __________________ dress or skirt to a formal ball. She would also make sure that the __________________, the __________________, and the ______________ she wore as accessories had matching jewels.
  17. If the label on your clothes says ________________ only, it will shrink if you put it in the dryer.
  18. A sweater that opens in front is called a _____________________. A sweater that you put on over your head is a ____________________. If the fabric of the sweater goes all the way to your chin, it is called a ______________________ sweater.
  19. A __________________ suit has a coat and pair of pants. A __________________ suit has a coat, pants plus a matching vest.
  20. You could trip and fall if your _____________________ is untied.
  21. A Scottish kilt has a ________________________, or plaid, weave that shows the family ties of the person wearing it.
  22. ___________________ boots are better in the snow than sneakers.
  23. An invitation to a formal wedding may say ____________________ or _____________________ so that men guests know what kinds of formal clothes to wear. With an ordinary business suit, a man may make sure that the color of his ___________________ matches the color of the ______________________ he has tucked into his breast pocket. We say that his outfit is ________________________.
  24. It is not in good taste for a businesswoman to wear a blouse with a plunging ___________________ to work. She would choose plain stockings to wear, not those with a ________________ pattern.
  25. If I say it's time to roll up our _______________________, I mean that it's time to get down to work.