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powdering gown

powdering gown noun: a loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.

Noun

powdering gown (plural powdering gowns)

  1. (historical) A loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.
    • […] I took only my coat off, and wrapping myſelf in a flannel powdering gown, I threw myſelf on the embroidered counterpane, and ſoon after ſunk into forgetfulneſs.1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XI. To Mr. Desmond.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 216
    • I think I now ſee him lolling in an arm-chair, in a dirty powdering gown, ſoiled linen, ungartered ſtockings, and tangled hair, yawning and ſtretching himſelf.1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume II, London: […]...

Forms of powdering gown

pluralpowdering gowns

Questions about powdering gown

What does powdering gown mean?
Powdering gown means a loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.
What part of speech is powdering gown?
Powdering gown is a noun.
What is the plural of powdering gown?
The plural of powdering gown is powdering gowns.

Words near powdering gown in the dictionary

  1. powderhounds
  2. powderiest
  3. powderily
  4. powderiness
  5. powdering
  6. powdering gown
  7. powdering gowns
  8. powdering one's nose
  9. powdering tub
  10. powdering tubb
  11. powdering tubbe

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