housecoat
noun
house·coat
ˈhau̇s-ˌkōt 
: a woman's often long-skirted informal garment for wear around the house
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The 20-year-old was wearing a silver robe or housecoat, a gold cap and gray slippers, police said at the time.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Genetic genealogists knew that Lees was discovered wearing a floral dress or housecoat, with medium-length gray hair showing hints of blond.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
Jolie looks incredible in the film, all angular cheekbones and brocade housecoats, divine in a cat flick eye and beehive in black-and-white flashbacks to her romance with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Rihanna isn’t the first to have tried to turn a housecoat into something more haute couture.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Krugman also left out one of his wife’s housecoats, thinking her scent might bring Riley back.
—Cathy Free, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
Since the boy’s diaper had fallen off, Jones retrieved her housecoat and wrapped him in it.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
Seyrig, who is regal and tinted with glamour even when clad in a seafoam-green housecoat, has an amazingly expressive and open face, conveying mysterious depths of emotion and experience in ostensible repose.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Lee was reportedly last seen July 8 around 5:58 a.m. wearing a silver robe or housecoat, gold cap and gray slippers leaving Campus Walk Apartments.
—Justin Gamble and Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN, 14 July 2022
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Genetic genealogists knew that Lees was discovered wearing a floral dress or housecoat, with medium-length gray hair showing hints of blond.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
Jolie looks incredible in the film, all angular cheekbones and brocade housecoats, divine in a cat flick eye and beehive in black-and-white flashbacks to her romance with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Related article On its 40th anniversary, London Fashion Week has plenty to celebrate
Rihanna isn’t the first to have tried to turn a housecoat into something more haute couture.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Krugman also left out one of his wife’s housecoats, thinking her scent might bring Riley back.
—Cathy Free, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
Since the boy’s diaper had fallen off, Jones retrieved her housecoat and wrapped him in it.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
Seyrig, who is regal and tinted with glamour even when clad in a seafoam-green housecoat, has an amazingly expressive and open face, conveying mysterious depths of emotion and experience in ostensible repose.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Lee was reportedly last seen July 8 around 5:58 a.m. wearing a silver robe or housecoat, gold cap and gray slippers leaving Campus Walk Apartments.
—Justin Gamble and Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN, 14 July 2022
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housecoat
noun
house·coat
ˈhau̇-ˌskōt
: a woman's loose and often long garment for wear around the house
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