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  • 51religious dress — Introduction also called  vestment        any attire, accoutrements, and markings used in religious rituals (ceremonial object) that may be corporate, domestic, or personal in nature. Such dress may comprise types of coverings all the way from… …

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  • 52Father Christmas —    The earliest evidence for a personified Christmas is a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435 to 1477 (Dearmer and Williams, Oxford Book of Carols (1928), no. 21, 41 3); it is a sung dialogue between someone… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 53nightgown — /nuyt gown /, n. 1. a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children. 2. Archaic. a dressing gown. [1350 1400; ME; see NIGHT, GOWN] * * * …

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  • 54Nightgown — Night gown , n. A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garment. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 55nightgown — night•gown [[t]ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn[/t]] n. 1) clo a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children 2) clo archaic dressing gown • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 56Bhutia — For the Bhutia pony, see Indian Country Bred. For Indian soccer player see Baichung Bhutia. Bhutia The Bhutia live in Sikkim and surrounding areas. Total population 70,300 (2001) …

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  • 57sack — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a large strong bag, usu. made of hessian, paper, or plastic, for storing or conveying goods. b (usu. foll. by of) this with its contents (a sack of potatoes). c a quantity contained in a sack. 2 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal… …

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  • 58negligee — (n.) 1756, a kind of loose gown worn by women, from Fr. négligée, noun use of fem. pp. of négligier to neglect (14c.), from L. neglegere to disregard, not heed, not trouble oneself about, also to make light of (see NEGLECT (Cf. neglect) (v.)). So …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 59negligee — [ nɛglɪʒeɪ] noun a woman s light, filmy dressing gown. Origin C18 (denoting a woman s loose gown): from Fr., lit. given little thought or attention , feminine past participle of négliger to neglect …

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  • 60wrapper — n. 1. Envelope, cover, covering. 2. Dressing gown, loose gown …

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