housedress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housedress
Example Sentences
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A woman in a housedress and Elvis sunglasses directed us a few minutes outside Pignola where we found the Ristorante Pizzeria Le Fiamme.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
The type who gets a smile from a cop even if she’s crossing Broadway in her oldest Terylene housedress.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017
As Laura, she traded in the housedress of countless sitcom wives and clad her dancer’s legs in Capri pants that were as fashionable as they were suited to a modern American woman.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
It's the same photo I posted on Aquarium Drunkard when I wrote about it — her in a housedress playing a Gibson SG.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
An old woman emerges from a shack behind the cantina, buttoning up a torn housedress.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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