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dressing sack

noun

  1. a woman's dressing gown.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing sack1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences

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.

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.

I wish you could see how beautiful she looked as she lay on the bed in her pretty white cap and blue dressing sack.

Plain solid color flannel in special shades for women’s dressing sacks, also applied to a fabric made of hemp for grain sacks.

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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