dressing gown

noun

1. a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.

dressing gown

noun

1. a full robe worn before dressing or for lounging

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing gown¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after Mr Brown's body was discovered under a dressing gown in the living room of the home they shared.

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Annie did an interview on her "charity work" with the Aberdeen Evening News, turning up at a hotel in Portree in a striking crimson dressing gown and fingers adorned with jewelled rings.

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Jurors heard Ms Thomas was found unresponsive wearing a dressing gown on the floor of a bedroom on the top floor.

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Ms Turner had been strangled with a dressing gown cord, her hair chopped and ripped out as well as being hit with mugs, a machete, a bat, golf club, chain and radio.

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"In EastEnders, I played an alpha male that wore a pink dressing gown. I was a very sensitive soul."

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