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  • 81Stuff gown — Stuff Stuff, n. [OF. estoffe, F. [ e]toffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. {Stuff}, v. t.] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [1913 Webster] For the stuff they had… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 82Cap and Gown Club — Cap and Gown Club, founded in 1891, is an eating club at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Members are selected through a selective process called bicker. It was the first eating club to accept women.Club HistoryCap… …

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  • 83town and gown — a phrase used about certain towns and cities where there are universities, especially Oxford and Cambridge, to describe the contrast between the two kinds of people who live there. ‘Town’ refers to the people who live and work there permanently… …

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  • 84surgical gown — noun A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery. Syn: gown, scrubs …

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  • 85The Lure of the Gown — est un film muet américain réalisé par D. W. Griffith, sorti en 1909. Sauf mention contraire cette fiche est établie à partir du livre D.W. Griffith Le Cinéma, de Patrick Brion et Jean Loup Passek p. 104. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 …

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  • 86town\ and\ gown — noun the residents of a college town and the students and teachers of the college. The senator made a speech attended by both town and gown. There were fights between town and gown …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 87dressing gown — dressing gowns also dressing gown N COUNT A dressing gown is a long, loose garment which you wear over your night clothes when you are not in bed …

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  • 88Yorkist gown — 15th century fashionable French and English gown with long fitted sleeves, front closing V in bodice, bodice trimmed often with fur and full skirt with train. Often worn with steeple hennin and veil. see also Burgundian gown …

    Medieval glossary

  • 89dressing gown — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dressing gown : singular dressing gown plural dressing gowns a piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear in your house …

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  • 90Geneva gown — Gene′va gown n. rel+clo a loose large sleeved black preaching gown worn by Protestant clerics • Etymology: 1810–20 …

    From formal English to slang