granny dress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of granny dress
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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She was dressed in striped tights beneath a black granny dress, with lots of little Japanese decorer toys safety pinned to it -- anime characters, old world leaders, emblems from foreign soda-pop.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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