Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dressing-jacket .
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Examples
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As the girl, in her dressing-sack which she had taken out of her bag, combed out her hair, the sharp, black eyes of her fellow-passenger spied something.
The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long
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The door opened, and a woman appeared, young, rather pale, with pretty blond hair, somewhat disheveled, and dressed in a black skirt, with a white dressing-sack thrown over her shoulders.
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Then the girl had to hurry out on the street in her petticoat and little light dressing-sack that she wore for work, for they gave her no time to change.
Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915
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Her lace nightgown and pale-blue silk dressing-sack fell away from a round white arm that did not look as if it belonged to a very old lady.
The Girl from Montana Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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She wore a little pink flannel dressing-sack with full sleeves, and her hair, carelessly twisted into great piles, was in a beautiful disarray, curling about her cheeks and ears.
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She wore a little pink flannel dressing-sack with full sleeves, and her hair, carelessly twisted into great piles, was in a beautiful disarray, curling about her cheeks and ears.
The Pit Frank Norris 1886
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Turning any corner, a dressing-sack or a _cul-de-sac_ may bring you up short.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million O. Henry 1886
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Mother McGinnis stood there with white eyes -- they were white, I say -- and a yellow face, holding together at her throat with one hand a dingy pink flannel dressing-sack.
Options O. Henry 1886
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The door opened, and a woman appeared, young, rather pale, with pretty blond hair, somewhat disheveled, and dressed in a black skirt, with a white dressing-sack thrown over her shoulders.
Prince Zilah — Complete Jules Claretie 1876
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She was in the summer afternoon condition which the ladies call "dressing-sack," and after an inspection at the glass, which seemed unsatisfactory, she walked across the hall to her daughter's room.
The Bread-winners A Social Study John Hay 1870
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