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Definition of Bedgown
1. n. A nightgown.
Definition of Bedgown
1. Noun. an article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket ¹
2. Noun. a nightgown ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedgown
1. a dressing gown [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedgown
Literary usage of Bedgown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trial of Eugène Marie Chantrelle by Eugène Marie Chantrelle, Alexander Duncan Smith (1906)
"The stain on the bedgown there could be no question about, because that was on the
... The nurse thought one of the stains on the bedgown was not vomit, ..."
2. Trial of Eugène Marie Chantrell by Alexander Duncan Smith (1906)
"I noticed the stains on her bedgown when she was removed into the nursery.
That was on the morning of 2nd January. There was a brown and green sort of vomit ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"bedgown, s. a short jacket of gingham or cotton print worn over a linsey ...
The bedgown was never used to sleep in, as its name might seem to imply. ..."
4. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1903)
"The late Duchess Dowager of Rutland told Sir F. Grant, RA, that Sir Joshua made
her try on eleven different dresses before he painted her ' in that bedgown. ..."
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