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bedgowns

bedgowns is the plural of bedgown.

Meaning of bedgown

Noun

bedgown (plural bedgowns)

  1. An article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually worn in bed, thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket.
    • And there sat by the empty fireplace, which was filled with a pot of sweet herbs, the nicest old woman that ever was seen, in her red petticoat, and short dimity bedgown, and clean white cap, with a black silk handkerchief over it, tied under her chin.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
  2. A nightgown.

Questions about bedgowns

What is bedgowns the plural of?
Bedgowns is the plural of bedgown.

Words near bedgowns in the dictionary

  1. bedgoers
  2. Bedgood
  3. Bedgoods
  4. bedgown
  5. bedgowned
  6. bedgowns
  7. bedground
  8. bedgrounds
  9. Bedhampton
  10. bedhanging
  11. bedhangings

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