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tea-gowns

tea-gowns is the plural of tea-gown.

Meaning of tea-gown

Noun

tea-gown (plural tea-gowns)

  1. A loose-fitting semiformal gown, made of light fabrics, worn in the late 19th and early 20th century for entertaining, especially for afternoon tea.
    • Eve crushed in a corner, a sorrowful, dainty shape in the silk and lace of her pretty tea-gown, with the white drawn face of a scared child […]1893, Arthur Moore, A Comedy of Masks, page 309
    Synonyms:
    tea dress

Questions about tea-gowns

What is tea-gowns the plural of?
Tea-gowns is the plural of tea-gown.

Words near tea-gowns in the dictionary

  1. tea-cups
  2. tea-dress
  3. tea-dresses
  4. tea-gown
  5. tea-gowned
  6. tea-gowns
  7. tea-house
  8. tea-houses
  9. tea-kettle
  10. tea-kettles
  11. tea-leaf

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