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Definition of Housecoat
1. Noun. A loose dressing gown for women.
Specialized synonyms: Brunch Coat, Camisole
Generic synonyms: Woman's Clothing
Derivative terms: Wrap
Definition of Housecoat
1. Noun. a bathrobe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Housecoat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housecoat
Literary usage of Housecoat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... in a grimy housecoat, guitar on his lap, eyes closed, concentrating on the
screams he was wringing from the instrument's long neck. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"“You are growing a big fellow, Charlie,” he said, “and that reminds me. I have
left my housecoat out, if you are not too proud to accept ..."
3. Huldreich Zwingli, the Reformer of German Switzerland, 1484-1531 by Samuel Macauley Jackson, John Martin Vincent, Frank Hugh Foster (1903)
"Send me as soon as possible my housecoat." Zwingli preached a couple of times in
Bern, on January 19th and 30th.' In connection with the first sermon ..."
4. History of the Swedes of Illinois by Ernst Wilhelm Olson, Martin J. Engberg, Anders Schön (1908)
"... clad in a sort of housecoat. Wester went on in outspoken fashion: "I am very
sorry for you. Pastor, but the fact is, the people don't like you. ..."
5. The Musical World (1877)
"I asked you to calculate exactly how much money I should have to send you for
making a pink satin housecoat, quilted and ornamented, which I described at ..."
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