Read full poem →You’d best be off to! There, put your mug down!
Now come and get into your nighty-gown.
Ah, you sweet thing! Well, kiss your mother then!
Dictionary Entry
A loose, flowing upper garment.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. gowngown dressinggown whitegown blackgown weddinggown evening
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Poetry examples for “gown”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own.
Read full poem →The country wit, religion of the town,
The courtier's learning, policy o' the gown,
Are best by thee express'd, and shine in thee alone.
Read full poem →Woolwich and Wapping, smelling strong of pitch;
Such Lambeth, envy of each band and gown,
And Twick'nam such, which fairer scenes enrich,
Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own.
Read full poem →Or in the graver gown instruct mankind,
Or silent let thy morals tell thy mind.
Read full poem →Ah! that my tears filled all her woven hair
And all the hollow bosom of her gown--
Ah! that my tears ran down
Read full poem →A maiden came by on an ambling mule,
Her gown was rose-red and her kerchief blue,
On her lap she carried a basket of eggs.
Read full poem →So soft on his; her mien,
Her step, her very gown betrays
(What in her eyes were seen)
Read full poem →Our youth got me to play the woman's part.
And I was trimm'd in madam Julia*s gown.
And at that time I made her weep a-good.