Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
gown .
Etymologies
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gown + -like
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Examples
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Then he added, "P.S. Please send me magazines and newspapers, cigarettes (a lot, preferably Marlboros), underwear and a disdash [the lightweight gownlike native dress for men]."
A Mighty Fall 2008
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Each wore only a single filmy, gownlike garment woven of such thin threads that the cloth was almost transparent -- or maybe seemed so because it clung so closely to their bodies.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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In Canada, few women wear the burqa, a gownlike garment that covers the head and has mesh in front of the eyes.
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