noun
Meaning 1
A loose-fitting lightweight garment, usually hip- to thigh-length, generally worn at home while applying makeup, doing one's hair, or relaxing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, Cocktail Time, Woodstock & New York: Overlook, Chapter 3, p. 34, Except that her ears did not stick up and that she went about on two legs instead of four, Phoebe Wisdom was extraordinarily like a white rabbit, a resemblance which was heightened at the moment by the white dressing jacket she was wearing and the fact that much weeping had made her nose and eyes pink.
Meaning relationships
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