dressing sack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dressing sack
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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She lay, high-pillowed, as stiff and well arranged as a Knight Templar on a tombstone, arrayed for the occasion in a most decorative little dressing sack and ribbony night-cap.
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It seemed to Caroline that she had never appeared so beautiful as she did against the lace pillows, in her little cap and dressing sack of sky-blue silk.
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I wish you could see how beautiful she looked as she lay on the bed in her pretty white cap and blue dressing sack.
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Plain solid color flannel in special shades for women’s dressing sacks, also applied to a fabric made of hemp for grain sacks.
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He carried a spear and a shield, and over his shoulders he wore a loose dressing sack that hung down nearly to his armpits.
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