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housecoat

[hous-koht] / ˈhaʊsˌkoʊt /




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A photo, published on social media, shows the activist in what appears to be a prison housecoat hugging her father.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2024

Before I was in high school, when my friends asked why she wore stained dresses or took the bus in her housecoat.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2023

"I only have the TV, the fridge and a lamp," she said, dressed in a flower-patterned housecoat.

From Reuters Oct. 19, 2022

Embracing a rigorous fidelity to her past, she builds an exact replica of her flat and dresses the male lead in Anthony’s housecoat.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2021

Mom wrapped her housecoat tighter around herself and walked away from me.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

She and a friend now film skits for social media: they dress up as elderly women, in headscarves and housecoats, contorting their faces and cackling into the camera.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2023

Hastily dressed in overcoats and housecoats, a group of older people look at the photographer, and at least one man has lacerations on his face.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2022

Some of the old women in their flowery housecoats, scarves knotted tightly under their chins, pushed free sweets on us, giggling and laughing, throwing their eyes to heaven.

From The Guardian Jul. 22, 2017

"People will come in either housecoats or ball gowns," says the hotel's catering manager, Cindy Azmier, who expects 100 guests.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2011

She used to wear housecoats, but about a month ago she began wearing ankara- and kente-print dresses in dramatic color combinations.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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