shirt-dress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shirt-dress
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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There were popped-collar shift dresses, wide-legged trousers and pleated mini-dresses in bubblegum pink; a clingy, one-shouldered gown in dusty rose; and a shirt-dress with western-inspired silver hardware in a shade approximating salmon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
At one point she paused, reached into the front of her prison-striped shirt-dress, and pulled out a bouquet of crumpled paper.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2017
But it takes a truly gifted designer to make a shirt-dress in a quirky rose print the color of puke green look as good as he did on Friday in his spring collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2014
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