dressing sack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dressing sack
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Her fingers kept picking at the edge of the loose dressing sack she had put on, and now and then her thin lips trembled; but that was all.
From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will
I wish you could see how beautiful she looked as she lay on the bed in her pretty white cap and blue dressing sack.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted
Though it was late in the morning she was still in bed, sitting up in a dressing sack, and turning the pages of a weekly publication that dealt in news of local high life.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
On this particular afternoon, although it already was after five o'clock, Mrs. Vance still wore a short dressing sack, open at the throat, and heavy with somewhat soiled lace.
From Vera, the Medium by Davis, Richard Harding
Charlotte, wait just a moment; are you perfectly sure that mother's dressing sack and knit slippers are in the case?
From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
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