housedress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housedress
Example Sentences
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After losing Alma, Beth sleeps with the housedress for comfort.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2021
The type who gets a smile from a cop even if she’s crossing Broadway in her oldest Terylene housedress.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017
As Laura, she traded in the housedress of countless sitcom wives for Capri pants that were as fashionable as they were suited to a modern American woman.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2017
While she snips chili peppers in her turquoise housedress, her daughters are downstairs watching “I Am Cait.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2016
She stepped out from behind her door wearing a white housedress with a unicorn print.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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