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

Francoise had made a smock frock for one of the farm servants at Champdoce, and the delivery of it formed a good excuse for going up to the Chateau, and she willingly undertook the errand.

From The Champdoce Mystery by Gaboriau, Émile

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

There, one afternoon on a big stone was seated Steadfast Kenton, a boy of fourteen, sturdy, perhaps loutish, with an honest ruddy face under his leathern cap, a coarse smock frock and stout gaiters.

From Under the Storm by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

"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