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frock
[ frok ]
noun
- a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.
- a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
- to invest with priestly or clerical office.
frock
/ frɒk /
noun
- a girl's or woman's dress
- a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock
- a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders
verb
- tr to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric
Other Words From
- frockless adjective
- under·frock noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of frock1
Word History and Origins
Origin of frock1
Example Sentences
One episode finds our host in a poofy, heart-print frock that epitomizes what the kids call lovecore.
The Biba brand exploded in 1964 with the phenomenal success of a pink and white gingham frock called “the Barbara.”
She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.
For this service he arrayed himself in an old-fashioned frock coat with long skirts.
There was even a free-spirited frock made of ropes, which flung about through her ritualistic dance.
During her 2011 tour of Canada, a skimpy yellow frock flew skywards on a Calgary airfield.
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
At eighteen years of age I had my first frock coat and tall hat.
Now, go and mend that deplorable frock, and if you don't dream over it, you won't waste too much of your holiday.
There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.
Nothing bad (she had already acclaimed it to Amy and Jessie) could happen to her with that frock on.
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