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Kledage

old clothes, worn garments

noun kle-DAH-zhe Rare
Home & Lifestyle Clothing

Also means

shabby clothing

Usage Note

Kledage is a slightly informal, jocular term for worn, unfashionable, or old clothes — similar in tone to 'old clobber' in British English. Used without a plural in everyday speech: Was ist das für eine Kledage! (What a get-up!)

Examples

"Für die Gartenarbeit zog er seine alte Kledage an."

Natural Translation

For gardening he put on his old clobber.

Literal Translation

For the garden-work he put on his old worn-clothes.

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