smock frock

American  

noun

1. a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers.

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Etymology

Origin of smock frock

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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smock frock

“Your wife! who, then, is she?” inquired I, as I put my head through the smock frock.

From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

They wore a species of smock frock gathered in round the waist by a band over their ordinary dress; these smock frocks had once been white, but were now discoloured with dirt and the weather.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard

A Turk and a Norwegian peasant, and a man in a smock frock.

From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary

"Here, you man," said Beata quickly, "have you another smock frock?"

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

She had never worn a smock frock in her life.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)