Frock
[frɒk] or [frɑk]
Definition
(n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
(n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
(v. t.) To clothe in a frock.
(v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
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Definition
n. a wide-sleeved garment worn by monks: a loose upper garment worn by men: a sailor's jersey: a gown worn by females: an undress regimental coat.—v.t. to furnish with a frock: to invest with priestly office.—n. Frock′-coat a double-breasted full-skirted coat for men.—adj. Frocked clothed in a frock.—n. Frock′ing cloth suitable for frocks coarse jean.—adj. Frock′less wanting a frock.
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Examples
- I had never worn a black frock, that I could recollect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Her seasonable bounty consoled many a poor family against the coming holiday, and supplied many a child with a new frock or bonnet for the occasion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I don't want Frederick to trample a hole in my muslin frock, as Captain Dobbin did in yours at Mrs. Perkins'. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Trenor, looking stouter than ever in his tight frock-coat, and unbecomingly flushed by the bridal libations, gazed at her with undisguised approval. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I must have young Mr. Tom; he mustn't be got away by horse-riders; here he is in a smock frock, and I must have him! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My black silk frock hung against the wall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His dress was quiet and sombre--a black frock-coat, dark trousers, and a touch of color about his necktie. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You shall go to Cliff Bridge; and there are two guineas to buy a new frock. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is it necessary to change my frock? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- However, old frocks were trimmed, and new bonnets made, and the young ladies looked as well as could possibly have been expected of them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I made her first short frocks. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My poor papa could give me nothing, and I had but two frocks in all the world! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She would have Sophie to look over all her toilettes, as she called frocks; to furbish up any that were _passees_, and to air and arrange the new. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was not jealousy, or frocks, or shoulders that could move him, and Glorvina had nothing more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You need not look in that way, I said; if you do, I'll wear nothing but my old Lowood frocks to the end of the chapter. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Going round to the terrace, I found three mahogany-coloured Indians, in white linen frocks and trousers, looking up at the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- However, to please her, I allowed Sophie to apparel her in one of her short, full muslin frocks. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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