Scaramouch Dress
(A), in Molière's time, was black from top to toe; hence
he says, “Night has put on her `scaramouch dress.' ”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Scaramouch Dress from Fact Monster:
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