dressing gown
Americannoun
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dressing gowns
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dressing gown
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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She is then taken away in her dressing gown.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
"Morning, daughter! Just checking in," Tetiana announces in one video, then swings the camera round to her husband who waves and grins in his dressing gown.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
She even brought in a robe she wore for hair and makeup on “The Postman” to be Camilla’s dressing gown in a scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
There stood Mrs. Weasley, short, plump, and wearing an old green dressing gown.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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