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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small cap, usually made of muslin or lace and ribbons, worn at breakfast by married women.
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Examples
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He awoke refreshed and brisk, however, and was about to spring out of bed and dress himself in readiness for the fun, frolic, and mischief of a new day, when the nursery door was thrown wide open, and Aunt Catharine sailed into the room, arrayed in all the glory of a Paisley-pattern morning-gown and black crochet breakfast-cap.
Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur
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The Mistress, in a pretty little breakfast-cap, is moving about the room with a feather-duster, whisking invisible dust from the picture-frames, and talking with the Parson, who has just come in, and is thawing the snow from his boots on the hearth.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The Mistress, in a pretty little breakfast-cap, is moving about the room with a feather-duster, whisking invisible dust from the picture-frames, and talking with the Parson, who has just come in, and is thawing the snow from his boots on the hearth.
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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No, I feel in my prophetic bones that something is wrong, 'said Mrs Jo, looking as solemn as Fate in a breakfast-cap.
Jo's Boys Louisa May Alcott 1860
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