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housecoats

housecoats is the plural of housecoat.

Meaning of housecoat

Noun

housecoat (plural housecoats)

  1. (Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown.
  2. (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.
    • They went downstairs in their gay cotton house-coats and found Mrs Dibble in the kitchen, doddering over a lunch that required no preparation, being merely a section of ham sausage and a few pickled onions.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 15

Questions about housecoats

What is housecoats the plural of?
Housecoats is the plural of housecoat.

Words near housecoats in the dictionary

  1. housecleans
  2. housecloth
  3. housecloths
  4. housecoat
  5. housecoated
  6. housecoats
  7. housecommune
  8. housecommunes
  9. housecraft
  10. housecrafts
  11. housed

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