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granny dress

granny dress noun: a long, loose-fitting, high-necklined one-piece gown or dress, often printed with light or pastel colors, that was popular with young women in the United States and Britain from the mid-1960s to the 1970s.

granny dress: a long, loose-fitting, high-necklined one-piece gown or dress, often printed with light or pastel...
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Noun

granny dress (plural granny dresses)

  1. A long, loose-fitting, high-necklined one-piece gown or dress, often printed with light or pastel colors, that was popular with young women in the United States and Britain from the mid-1960s to the 1970s.

Forms of granny dress

pluralgranny dresses

Questions about granny dress

What does granny dress mean?
Granny dress means a long, loose-fitting, high-necklined one-piece gown or dress, often printed with light or pastel colors, that was popular with young women in the United States and Britain from the mid-1960s to the 1970s.
What part of speech is granny dress?
Granny dress is a noun.
What is the plural of granny dress?
The plural of granny dress is granny dresses.

Words near granny dress in the dictionary

  1. granny cart
  2. granny carts
  3. granny chaser
  4. granny chasers
  5. granny chic
  6. granny dress
  7. granny dresses
  8. granny dumping
  9. granny farm
  10. granny farming
  11. granny farms

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