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spend half my salary on clothes.’
clothes
1
The dancers were dressed in their national clothes.
The dancers were dressed in their national costume.
costume
= (1) (countable) a set of clothes worn during a performance by an actor, clown, etc: ‘She
used to work for a theatre company, designing and making costumes.’ (2) (uncountable) a set of
clothes that are typical of a particular country or historical period: ‘The castle guides were dressed
up in Elizabethan costume.’ ‘A group of Hungarian folk dancers came on stage, all wearing
national costume.’
2
Don’t go out and buy a special clothes.
Don’t go out and buy any special clothes.
Clothes
is a plural noun: ‘I need some new clothes.’ (NOT ‘a new clothes’)
clothing
1
As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my clothing.
As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my clothes.
He had grown so much that his clothing didn’t fit him.
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