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dressing gowns

dressing gowns is the plural of dressing gown.

Meaning of dressing gown

Noun

dressing gown (plural dressing gowns)

  1. (Ireland, UK) An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
    • After about ten minutes he got up, and, throwing on an elaborate dressing-gown of silk-embroidered cashmere wool, passed into the onyx-paved bathroom.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VIII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 138

Questions about dressing gowns

What is dressing gowns the plural of?
Dressing gowns is the plural of dressing gown.

Words near dressing gowns in the dictionary

  1. dressing codes
  2. dressing down
  3. dressing downs
  4. dressing forceps
  5. dressing gown
  6. dressing gowns
  7. dressing jacket
  8. dressing jackets
  9. dressing mirror
  10. dressing mirrors
  11. dressing off

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