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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

Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett showcase all manner of enviable hats, coats and wiggle dresses throughout the course of this film – but it’s Blanchett’s chic jammies and tartan housecoat that provide lounging aspiration.

From The Guardian Dec. 25, 2019

Mrs. Finestein, wearing a flowered pink housecoat and slippers with high heels and real fur, bustles upstairs to get Brian.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

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

I kept company with three elderly Portuguese women, all in housecoats, scarves covering their hair, saying their devotions aloud.

From New York Times May 25, 2012

"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 unpacked the trunk — some housecoats, a framed portrait of her father, sewing supplies, and an assortment of fabrics — and arranged her things on a few empty shelves.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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