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smock frock

smock frock noun: a coarse frock, or shirt, worn over other clothing, as by farm labourers.

Noun

smock frock (plural smock frocks)

  1. A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over other clothing, as by farm labourers.
    • What reason has he, therefore, to suppose that the return of the smock-frock will even increase the gobbling of potatoes and the drinking of cat-lap?1823, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Weekly Register, volume 46, page 777
    • Among them we saw Rhys, and Llewellyn catching him by the smock-frock, as he came by him, pulled him out of the circle.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 416

Forms of smock frock

pluralsmock frocks

Questions about smock frock

What does smock frock mean?
Smock frock means a coarse frock, or shirt, worn over other clothing, as by farm labourers.
What part of speech is smock frock?
Smock frock is a noun.
What is the plural of smock frock?
The plural of smock frock is smock frocks.

Words near smock frock in the dictionary

  1. smoakie
  2. smoaking
  3. smoaks
  4. smoaky
  5. smock
  6. smock frock
  7. smock frocks
  8. smock mill
  9. smock mills
  10. smock-face
  11. smock-faced

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