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teagowned

teagowned is the alternative form of tea-gowned.

Meaning of tea-gowned

Adjective

tea-gowned (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a tea-gown.
    • She wears her black silk every day, a trailin’ on the ground, / Leastwise, a trailin’ on the floor; ’tis called I b’lieve, tea-gowned, / An’ frills an’ lace, ’an hot-house flowers, such waste, it worried me, / Rememberin’ Jotham Peckham’s kin, as poor as poor could be.1889 November, Margaret E[lizabeth] Sangster, “Thanksgivin’ Pumpkin Pies”, in The Ladies’ Home Journal, volume VI, number 12, Philadelphia, Pa.: Curtis Publishing Company, page 7

Questions about teagowned

What is teagowned the alternative form of?
Teagowned is the alternative form of tea-gowned.

Words near teagowned in the dictionary

  1. teagle
  2. teagled
  3. teagles
  4. teagling
  5. teagown
  6. teagowned
  7. teagowns
  8. Teague
  9. Teagueland
  10. Teaguelander
  11. Teaguelanders

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