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Little Bo Peep dress

Little Bo Peep dress noun: a kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.

Noun

Little Bo Peep dress (plural Little Bo Peep dresses)

  1. A kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.
    • One of the saddest things is to see a good measure of the younger women back at square one. I mean, they do everything but wear Little Bo Peep dresses and hair bows.1989, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 14, number 5, page 31
    • New York stylist and onetime bridesmaid Beth Blake was so unhappy with the Little Bo Peep dresses out there, she almost wore a nightie to her sister's wedding!2000, Glamour, volume 98, numbers 5-8, page 112
    Synonyms:
    Bo Peep dress

Synonyms of Little Bo Peep dress

Forms of Little Bo Peep dress

pluralLittle Bo Peep dresses

Origin of Little Bo Peep dress

In reference to Little Bo-Peep, a young shepherdess in a traditional English nursery rhyme.

Questions about Little Bo Peep dress

What does Little Bo Peep dress mean?
Little Bo Peep dress means a kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.
What part of speech is Little Bo Peep dress?
Little Bo Peep dress is a noun.
What is the plural of Little Bo Peep dress?
The plural of Little Bo Peep dress is Little Bo Peep dresses.

Words near Little Bo Peep dress in the dictionary

  1. little blue pills
  2. little bluestem
  3. little bluestem grass
  4. little bluestem grasses
  5. little bluestems
  6. Little Bo Peep dress
  7. Little Bo Peep dresses
  8. Little Bokhara
  9. Little Bookham
  10. Little Bourton
  11. Little Bowden

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