Gowns
[ɡaunz]
Examples
- Lucy was a very neat, lady-like little creature, who used to wear very fine muslin gowns, ornamented with her own beautiful embroidery. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She would have smarter gowns than Judy Trenor, and far, far more jewels than Bertha Dorset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She couldn't wear one of your gowns, could she, by any letting down, or such matter? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She is eighteen, or at least seventeen--old enough to know all about gowns, petticoats, and chaussures. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Only as I have neither husband nor child to give me natural duties, I must make myself some, in addition to ordering my gowns. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- No, I wouldn't, for the smart caps won't match the plain gowns without any trimming on them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was quite shocked when I asked her whether wine was allowed at the second table, and she has turned away two housemaids for wearing white gowns. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She makes gowns. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- How many of you have gowns and bracelets which you daren't show, or which you wear trembling? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But Lily wears a great many smart gowns-- I like her to be well-dressed--it's only suitable! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- How would he propose to keep Miss Sykes in gowns only? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She went to great expenses in new gowns, and bracelets, and bonnets, and in prodigious feathers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But I've plenty of grand gowns,--a week ago, I should have said they were far too grand for anything I should ever want again. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China Aster! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She's a well-favoured maid enough, said Humphrey the furze-cutter, especially when she's got one of her dandy gowns on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Inputed by Elvira