dressing sack

noun

1. a woman's dressing gown.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing sack¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

To their surprise, they found her in a loose dressing-sack, busily engaged in polishing her silver.

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Would the iceman or the janitor hesitate to “talk back” to the uncorseted lady in a pink dressing-sack?

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When we approach blue in our dressing-sack rainbow, speech becomes pitifully weak.

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The woman who has nothing to do, and not even a shadow of a purpose in life, will enshrine her helpless back in a dressing-sack.

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When she returns, she has plucked up enough energy to change her dressing-sack!

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