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

Later, Cowper thought poverty, humility, industry, and piety a beautiful combination for the wearer of the smock frock.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

One was an elderly man, dressed in a smock frock and with a hairy cap on his head. 

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Their shirts—once coloured, but now nearly black—were worn outside the trousers, like a countryman's smock frock, and were drawn in at the waist by broad leathern belts full of cartridges.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

A light, loose overÏgarment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

His dress was old and sober tinted, his smock frock greyish, his old hat had lost all colour.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard