Sentence:  “But say, you wouldn't have known me if you'd seen me here with my wife that time—my <WSD>glad rags</WSD> on, a stove-pipe lid, patent leather kicks and a stone on my front. […] <!-- [sic] no closing-quotes (it's a multi-paragraph utterance) --> 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Formal attire, dress clothes.