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dressing gown: tags: [fashion]

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Definition:

a robe, a loose-fitting outer garment, worn by either men or women. A dressing gown may be worn over nightwear or other clothing, or with nothing underneath. Dressing gowns are typically worn around the house

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(Britain) An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.

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He came, and in such very good time, that the ladies were none of them dressed. In ran Mrs. Bennet to her daughter's room, in her dressing gown, and with her hair half finished,

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)

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he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)

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When she had thrown off her dress and put on a dressing jacket, she sat down with her foot under her on the bed

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

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wait two minutes till I get into some dry garments, if any dry there be—yes, here is my dressing-gown.

Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)