as in housedress
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Recent Examples of muumuu
The singer hosted the European Music Awards in everything from a hair-raising strapless strapless dress to a sheer hooded muumuu and Kiki boots.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
In a second Instagram post from the event, Jennifer Lopez is pictured with musician Sia, who wears a brightly colored and chaotically patterned muumuu with equally vibrant sneakers and a voluminous floral headdress.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2023
Her least guarded, and seemingly unscripted, social media moments were those posts from Obama’s maskless bacchanal, of her dancing with the birthday boy in a flowery muumuu, which were deleted after right-wing media outlets and Twitter narcs dubbed the party a superspreader event.
—Meaghan Garvey, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
There was no way that after almost 20 years, the gun-toting, muumuu-wearing, glad-to-cuss-everybody-out elderly woman would leave so quietly.
—Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
There is a photo in my baby book of my mother pregnant with me in an oversized floral muumuu that haunts me.
—Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2021
Cooking class was taught by Mrs. Shaw, an elderly, muumuu-wearing transplant from somewhere in the South, and was dominated by a clique of boisterous girls who ate brown sugar by the handful straight out of the cannisters.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
For such occasions, Fran dons a muumuu (a long loose dress from Hawaii), which is an image that has created some mirth among friends and family.
—David G. Molyneaux, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020
Maggie was sometimes the butt of her daughter’s jokes, both on the show and in Kathy’s standup comedy, sent up as a gruff, muumuu-wearing throwback.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
In a second Instagram post from the event, Jennifer Lopez is pictured with musician Sia, who wears a brightly colored and chaotically patterned muumuu with equally vibrant sneakers and a voluminous floral headdress.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2023
Her least guarded, and seemingly unscripted, social media moments were those posts from Obama’s maskless bacchanal, of her dancing with the birthday boy in a flowery muumuu, which were deleted after right-wing media outlets and Twitter narcs dubbed the party a superspreader event.
—Meaghan Garvey, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
There was no way that after almost 20 years, the gun-toting, muumuu-wearing, glad-to-cuss-everybody-out elderly woman would leave so quietly.
—Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
There is a photo in my baby book of my mother pregnant with me in an oversized floral muumuu that haunts me.
—Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2021
Cooking class was taught by Mrs. Shaw, an elderly, muumuu-wearing transplant from somewhere in the South, and was dominated by a clique of boisterous girls who ate brown sugar by the handful straight out of the cannisters.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
For such occasions, Fran dons a muumuu (a long loose dress from Hawaii), which is an image that has created some mirth among friends and family.
—David G. Molyneaux, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020
Maggie was sometimes the butt of her daughter’s jokes, both on the show and in Kathy’s standup comedy, sent up as a gruff, muumuu-wearing throwback.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muumuu
Noun
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Sometimes it’s called a housedress.—
Rachel King,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2020
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My answer: the housedress.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
WSJ,
9 June 2020
Noun
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Summer’s mojito and sundress isn’t this month’s chunky knit sweater or sip-worthy cocktail.—
Patrice J. Williams,
Essence,
15 Jan. 2025
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Wear them with a maxi dress like Vergara, go for a more casual look with a tank and denim shorts, or take them from day to night with a ruffled sundress.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
Peoplemag,
15 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Gabba features the finish across nine styles including jeans, denim jackets, kimonos, bags and more.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Jan. 2025
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This is a tale where gruesome deaths (from sepsis to car crashes) exist alongside running gags about Amanda Knox, wedding kimonos and a Saint Bernard named Ruby Hot Sauce.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Deschanel modeled a tweed minidress with matching tights, a top handle purse and platform mary janes, evoking 1960s fashion trends.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
26 Jan. 2025
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Chain metal minidress by Paco Rabanne, fall 1967 haute couture collection.—
Tina Isaac-Goizé,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Spoil your sweetheart with a lacy chemise or a comfy thong that’s crotchless for some easy-access fun.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2025
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The boutique also designs its own gorgeous bras, thongs, chemises, and sleepwear under the Journelle Collection label.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The black, silky sheath can easily stand on its own with minimal accessorizing or can be dressed up with some sparkly jewelry.—
Rachel Sylvester,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2025
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One was made by sliding a ring cut from a plastic bottle around an RPG warhead, filling this makeshift collar with quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings and sealing them against the warhead’s sheath with an electric heat gun.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The workshop produced shirtwaists, Edwardian-style women’s blouses that were, by then, going out of style.—
Fiona Alison Duncan,
ARTnews.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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But rather than an imitation of life as it was depicted in Sirk’s films, all mannered transatlantic speech and swishing shirtwaist dresses, Moore takes the assignment dead seriously.—
IndieWire Staff,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2024
Noun
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With 8:15 on the clock in the first quarter, Nesmith took his second shot attempt — a 27-foot three-point jumper.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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In 2022, the silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000.—
Michael Casey,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Muumuu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muumuu. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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