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bishop sleeves

bishop sleeves is the plural of bishop sleeve.

Meaning of bishop sleeve

Noun

bishop sleeve (plural bishop sleeves)

  1. A long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff; formerly worn by women.
    • Her hands […] succeed in flaunting the fashionable tight cuffs of her bishop sleeves.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), pages 280–281

Questions about bishop sleeves

What is bishop sleeves the plural of?
Bishop sleeves is the plural of bishop sleeve.

Words near bishop sleeves in the dictionary

  1. bishop coadjutor
  2. Bishop Monkton
  3. Bishop of Rome
  4. Bishop Rock
  5. bishop sleeve
  6. bishop sleeves
  7. Bishop Wilton
  8. bishop wood
  9. bishop's cap
  10. Bishop's Castle
  11. Bishop's Cleeve

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