housecoat

noun

house·​coat ˈhau̇s-ˌkōt How to pronounce housecoat (audio)
: a woman's often long-skirted informal garment for wear around the house

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Genetic genealogists knew that Lees was discovered wearing a floral dress or housecoat, with medium-length gray hair showing hints of blond. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024 Jolie looks incredible in the film, all angular cheekbones and brocade housecoats, divine in a cat flick eye and beehive in black-and-white flashbacks to her romance with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer). Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024 Related article On its 40th anniversary, London Fashion Week has plenty to celebrate Rihanna isn’t the first to have tried to turn a housecoat into something more haute couture. Leah Dolan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024 Krugman also left out one of his wife’s housecoats, thinking her scent might bring Riley back. Cathy Free, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023 Since the boy’s diaper had fallen off, Jones retrieved her housecoat and wrapped him in it. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 May 2023 Seyrig, who is regal and tinted with glamour even when clad in a seafoam-green housecoat, has an amazingly expressive and open face, conveying mysterious depths of emotion and experience in ostensible repose. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022 Lee was reportedly last seen July 8 around 5:58 a.m. wearing a silver robe or housecoat, gold cap and gray slippers leaving Campus Walk Apartments. Justin Gamble and Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN, 14 July 2022 Jay Lee, 20, was last seen on July 8 at about around 5:58 a.m. leaving Campus Walk Apartments wearing a silver robe or housecoat, gold cap and gray slippers. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of housecoat was in 1913

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“Housecoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housecoat. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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housecoat

noun
house·​coat ˈhau̇-ˌskōt How to pronounce housecoat (audio)
: a woman's loose and often long garment for wear around the house
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