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tea gown

tea gown is the alternative form 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

Forms of tea gown

pluraltea gowns

Questions about tea gown

What is tea gown the alternative form of?
Tea gown is the alternative form of tea-gown.

Words near tea gown in the dictionary

  1. tea eggs
  2. tea fight
  3. tea fights
  4. tea garden
  5. tea gardens
  6. tea gown
  7. tea gowns
  8. Tea Green
  9. tea house
  10. tea houses
  11. tea jennies

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