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  • 71surgical gown — noun protective garment worn by surgeons during operations • Syn: ↑gown, ↑scrubs • Derivationally related forms: ↑gown (for: ↑gown) • Hypernyms: ↑garment …

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  • 72wedding gown — noun a gown worn by the bride at a wedding • Syn: ↑bridal gown, ↑wedding dress • Hypernyms: ↑gown …

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  • 73night|gown — «NYT GOWN», noun. 1. a loose gown worn by a woman or child in bed. SYNONYM(S): nightdress. 2. = nightshirt. (Cf. ↑nightshirt) …

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  • 74un|gown — «uhn GOWN», transitive verb. 1. to divest or strip of a gown. 2. to deprive of the clerical office …

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  • 75town and gown — {n.} The residents of a college town and the students and teachers of the college. * /The senator made a speech attended by both town and gown./ * /There were fights between town and gown./ …

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  • 76town and gown — {n.} The residents of a college town and the students and teachers of the college. * /The senator made a speech attended by both town and gown./ * /There were fights between town and gown./ …

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  • 77Livery gown — Livery Liv er*y, n.; pl. {Liveries}. [OE. livere, F. livr[ e]e, formerly, a gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. livrer to deliver, L. liberare to set free, in LL., to deliver up. See {Liberate}.] 1.… …

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  • 78Morning gown — Morning Morn ing, a. Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. [1913 Webster] She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak. [1913 …

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  • 79Rug gown — Rug Rug, n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See {Rough}, a.] 1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments. [1913 Webster] They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine …

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  • 80Silk gown — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …

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