dressing gown
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of dressing gown
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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To take the pressure off, Ashleigh, 29, decided to keep the first ceremony relaxed, which led to the dressing gown wedding.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Venue staff told them it was their first dressing gown wedding.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
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
“No, indeed. I have a good comfortable dressing gown of Jaeger material.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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