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Meanings of gown in English
Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
Portuguese
vestido A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, until the waist or slightly below.
Usage of gown in English
1
She wore her new gown in honor of her father's good news.
2
A couple of minutes later, another young woman came out, another gown.
3
I will undress in the house and wrap myself in my dressing-gown.
4
The importance of the use of the night-gown received the same attention.
5
The cap and gown reside in a glass case in the lobby.
6
I think the gown will become you; it has been considered handsome.
7
She appeared in a dressing gown and with her feet in slippers.
8
He was in his dressing-gown and had a pen in his mouth.
9
The like is true of the vogue of the cap and gown.
10
The young girl in the portrait was wearing a white satin gown.
11
The soft charmeuse in her graceful gown was real and miraculously draped.
12
The gown should set off the wearer, not the wearer the gown.
13
So I have a ready-made black gown and hat in the trunk.
14
The nomenclature of this gown is beyond the guess of the scribe.
15
He threw the jacket on the bed and put on the gown.
16
Mrs. Gray, in an attractive mauve house-gown, came in from the kitchen.
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Australia
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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