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In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] vocabulary
20 fashion terms (clothing, hair styles, fabrics, etc.)
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tea gown
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Definition:a woman's dress which was intended only for home entertainment. It was once scandalous for a woman to wear such an informal dress in public.
photo: By Liberty & Co., London, England (est. 1875) - LACMA Image Library. Photograph LACMA., Public Domain,
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Odette had received him in a tea-gown of pink silk, which left her neck and arms bare.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] (1913)
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Philippina was looking her very best that afternoon, attired in a coquettish costume, half peignoir, half tea-gown, especially designed for the reception of such casual visitors.
Grant Allen. Linnet (1900)
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