three-piece

three-piece
/three"pees"/, adj.
1. Clothing. consisting of three matching or harmonious pieces, as an ensemble of coat, skirt, and blouse for a woman or a suit of a jacket, vest, and pair of trousers for a man.
2. having three parts.
n.
3. a three-piece ensemble or suit. Cf. coordinate (def. 7).
[1905-10]

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