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hangerock

hangerock noun: a dress or apron, often wider at the bottom than at the top, held up by straps passing from the back to the front over the shoulders, common in the Viking era and at other times and typically worn over another, longer dress.

hangerock: a dress or apron, often wider at the bottom than at the top, held up by straps passing from the...
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Noun

hangerock (plural hangerocks)

  1. A dress or apron, often wider at the bottom than at the top, held up by straps passing from the back to the front over the shoulders, common in the Viking era and at other times and typically worn over another, longer dress.

Forms of hangerock

pluralhangerocks

Origin of hangerock

Apparently from German Hängerock.

Questions about hangerock

What does hangerock mean?
Hangerock means a dress or apron, often wider at the bottom than at the top, held up by straps passing from the back to the front over the shoulders, common in the Viking era and at other times and typically worn over another, longer dress.
What part of speech is hangerock?
Hangerock is a noun.
What is the plural of hangerock?
The plural of hangerock is hangerocks.

Words near hangerock in the dictionary

  1. hanger steak
  2. hanger steaks
  3. hanger-on
  4. hanger-outer
  5. hangerless
  6. hangerock
  7. hangerocks
  8. hangers
  9. hangers and floggers
  10. hangers on
  11. hangers-on

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