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green gowns

green gowns is the plural of green gown.

Meaning of green gown

Noun

green gown (plural green gowns)

  1. (archaic, historical) A dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.
    • Oh, a morning to tempt Ioue frõ his Ningle Ganimed, vvhich is but to giue Dary VVenches greene govvnes as they are going a milking; […]1604 or 1605 (date written), Thomas Dekker, The Second Part of The Honest Whore, […], London: […] Elizabeth All-de, for Nathaniel Butter, published 1630, →OCLC, Act I, signature A2, recto

Questions about green gowns

What is green gowns the plural of?
Green gowns is the plural of green gown.

Words near green gowns in the dictionary

  1. Green Goddesses
  2. green gold
  3. green goods
  4. green goose
  5. green gown
  6. green gowns
  7. green gram
  8. green grams
  9. green grasshopper
  10. green grasshoppers
  11. green grosbeak

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