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lawn sleeves
noun
- (used with a plural verb) the sleeves of lawn forming part of the dress of an Anglican bishop.
- (used with a singular verb) the office of an Anglican bishop.
- (used with a singular or plural verb) an Anglican bishop or bishops.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lawn sleeves1
First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences
A monarch without a crown, or a judge without robes, or a bishop without lawn sleeves, would never do for them.
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It defended the poacher lad, but lost for the writer his lawn sleeves.
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Gambroons and aprons and lawn sleeves won't go a-voyaging, depend upon it.
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So the naked truth, carefully veiled from view in episcopal aprons and lawn-sleeves, was now displayed in all its native charm.
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A preaching, prison-preaching, field-preaching esquire, strikes more than all the black gowns and lawn sleeves in the world.
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