evening dress vs monkey suit

evening dress

noun
  • formal attire worn for evening social events. 

  • An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown. 

monkey suit

noun
  • A man's formal suit worn in the evening; a tuxedo. 

  • A uniform. 

How often have the words evening dress and monkey suit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )