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

The dress consists of fustian, over which a blue smock frock with white stripes is thrown. 

From About London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

He fancied, when walking along the streets, that everybody was staring and laughing at his smock frock; and the sound of his heavy hob-nailed shoes startled him whenever he entered a house.

From The Life of John Clare by Martin, Frederick

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

"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

An old Lincolnshire peasant wearing his smock frock and leathern gaiters might pass unnoted in a peasant crowd of centuries ago.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various