Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A loose gown formerly worn by men and women to protect their clothes when having the hair powdered; a dressing-gown.
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It was the custom that, while Her Majesty's head was powdering and her powdering-gown had been placed upon the Royal person, she should be left
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