housecoat
noun
a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
housecoats
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pluralof housecoat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
She chatters incessantly, parroting advice from women’s magazines: Her prairie dresses and housecoats are color-coordinated with her apartment; her dinner-party menu involves pigs in a blanket and spray cheese.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
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
"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 unpacked the trunk — some housecoats, a framed portrait of her father, sewing supplies, and an assortment of fabrics — and arranged her things on a few empty shelves.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
