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housecoat

American  
[haus-koht] / ˈhaʊsˌkoʊt /

noun

  • housecoats
    plural
  1. a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.


housecoat British  
/ ˈhaʊsˌkəʊt /

noun

  1. a woman's loose robelike informal garment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of housecoat

First recorded in 1915–20; house + coat


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A photo, published on social media, shows the activist in what appears to be a prison housecoat hugging her father.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

Before I was in high school, when my friends asked why she wore stained dresses or took the bus in her housecoat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

"I only have the TV, the fridge and a lamp," she said, dressed in a flower-patterned housecoat.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2022

Four floors up, the team came across a white-haired woman in housecoat printed with dainty flowers.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2017

As I toss the final items of clothing into the washer, a piece of paper falls out of my housecoat pocket and onto the floor.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

She and a friend now film skits for social media: they dress up as elderly women, in headscarves and housecoats, contorting their faces and cackling into the camera.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023

Some of the old women in their flowery housecoats, scarves knotted tightly under their chins, pushed free sweets on us, giggling and laughing, throwing their eyes to heaven.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2017

I kept company with three elderly Portuguese women, all in housecoats, scarves covering their hair, saying their devotions aloud.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2012

"People will come in either housecoats or ball gowns," says the hotel's catering manager, Cindy Azmier, who expects 100 guests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2011

She used to wear housecoats, but about a month ago she began wearing ankara- and kente-print dresses in dramatic color combinations.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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