Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A loose easy gown of effective style and material, in which to take afternoon tea at home, or for lounging.
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Examples
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Her evening dress she had exchanged for a full lilac silk tea-gown, with open hanging sleeves; a thick twisted cord was fastened round her waist.
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The loose sleeves of her tea-gown fell open almost to her shoulders, and it was impossible not to admit that the pose of the arms, that the whole figure, was enchantingly beautiful.
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Alison wore a lovely purple velvet tea-gown with ornaments of a cobwebby gray lace, with sleeves caught into cuffs at the wrist.
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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It was curious, her hands were pretty and white, and her neck and breast, now she wore a little tea-gown, were also smooth and white and pretty, under the medley of twinkling little chains and coloured jewels.
The Captain's Doll 2003
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Odette had received him in a tea-gown of pink silk, which left her neck and arms bare.
Swann's Way 2003
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She chose a tea-gown of bold and cloqué roses: cerise, chartreuse, grenadine.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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She chose a tea-gown of bold and cloqué roses: cerise, chartreuse, grenadine.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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I got a job in Texas, and the Kid was lost sight of, and Mrs.J. E. Wainright appeared on the scene in tea-gown, train, and flounces.
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If the ceremony is at the house, she can wear an elaborate tea-gown.
The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions Walter Cox Green
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In this, as our American afternoon teas have been managed, the American young lady was right, for it is not _convenable_, according to European ideas, to wear a loose flowing robe of the tea-gown pattern out of one's bedroom or boudoir.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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