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- noun A
bedgown for a lady.
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Examples
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The bride wore a white damask petticoat worked with pink roses, her pink satin shortgown was looped up with garlands of them, and she wore a wreath of roses on her head.
The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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A minute after, the door slowly opened its upper half, and Karen's wrinkled face and white cap and red shortgown were before them.
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Karen's wrinkled face and white cap and red shortgown were before them.
Hills of the Shatemuc Susan Warner 1852
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On her head she had a tawdry brownish black bonnet, that had not improved from two three years 'tholing of sun and wind; a thin rag of a grey duffle mantle was thrown over her shoulders, below which was a checked shortgown of gingham stripe, and a green glazed manco petticoat.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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On her head she had a tawdry brownish black bonnet, that had not improved from two three years 'tholing of sun and wind; a thin rag of a grey duffle mantle was thrown over her shoulders, below which was a checked shortgown of gingham stripe, and a green glazed manco petticoat.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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