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Definition of Tea gown
1. Noun. A long loose-fitting gown formerly popular for wear at afternoon tea.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Gown
Literary usage of Tea gown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of American Verse by Walter Learned, H. C. Edwards, Thomas McIlvaine (1897)
"THE TEA-GOWN. MY lady has a tea-gown That is wondrous fair to see,— It is flounced
and ruffed and plaited and purled, As a tea-gown ought to be ; And I ..."
2. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"THE TEA-GOWN Eugene Field. MY lady has a tea-gown That is wondrous fair to see,—
It is flounced and ruffed and plaited and puffed, As a tea-gown ought to be ..."
3. Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank (1917)
"... and will naturally be a scheme calculated to set off her own particular type.
Here we find woman easily made decorative in negligee or tea gown, ..."
4. Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank (1917)
"... and will naturally be a scheme calculated to set off her own particular type.
Here we find woman easily made decorative in negligee or tea gown, ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1893)
"A picturesque tea-gown is naturally one of the first necessities for any one who
wishes to make a successful appearance, during the lazy hour or so which ..."
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