smock frock

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noun

a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers.Compare blouse (def. 3).

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Origin of smock frock

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby smock frock

smithy, smitten, Smitty, S.M.M., smock, smock frock, smocking, smock mill, smog, smogbound, smoggy

How to use smock frock in a sentence

Gabriel's hand, which had lain for some time idle in his smock-frock pocket, touched his flute which he carried there.
Far from the Madding Crowd|Thomas Hardy
I certainly thought it was a smock-frock, though, when I saw you go out in it.
Frank Fairlegh|Frank E. Smedley
Among them was Rhys, whom Llewelyn caught by the smock-frock, as he came by him, and pulled him out of the circle.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
Gorju, in a blue smock-frock, with a neckcloth around his loins, went through the movements in an automatic fashion.
Bouvard and Pcuchet|Gustave Flaubert

I was a little surprised to see him having on a green singlet and smock frock.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|John Yeardley