Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A simple washable dress worn for housework.
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- noun A simple
dress suitable forhousework
Etymologies
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Examples
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This would be such a great 'housedress' for me to clean in and those pockets would be great to aid in that endeavor.
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That's a pretty glamorous "housedress" in my opinion.
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Maybe the front placement of the zipper dictates that it live in the "housedress" category versus the "day dress" category.
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Antonia stood all of maybe five feet, her back rounded and stooped, her knees gnarled like an old tree trunk beneath her flowered housedress.
Turista Ann Wahlman 2011
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I don't mean to make excuses for my own pitiful performance, but I had a housedress handicap ...
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Billie was in a rumpled blue and green plaid housedress, her thick white hair tumbling around her face.
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Billie was in a rumpled blue and green plaid housedress, her thick white hair tumbling around her face.
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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I don't mean to make excuses for my own pitiful performance, but I had a housedress handicap ...
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She'd be a teacher, I'd be married, my grandfather dead, my grandmother still in the kitchen in her worn housedress.
Christmas: 1972 Gary Percesepe 2011
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She'd be a teacher, I'd be married, my grandfather dead, my grandmother still in the kitchen in her worn housedress.
Christmas: 1972 Gary Percesepe 2011
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