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frock

[frok]

noun

  1. a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.

  2. a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.

  3. a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.

  4. frock coat.



verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.

  2. to invest with priestly or clerical office.

frock

/ ڰɒ /

noun

  1. a girl's or woman's dress

  2. a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock

  3. a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • frockless adjective
  • underfrock noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of frock1

1300–50; Middle English froke < Old French froc < Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of frock1

C14: from Old French froc ; related to Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
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This year’s big Cannes fashion headline is that women are no longer allowed to wear “voluminous” frocks on the steps.

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One reason he endures is because a lot of the society we see is Grace Kelly in beautiful frocks and Cary Grant in gorgeous suits in cocktail world drawing rooms.

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It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of a twin bed sheet in cooling cotton.

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Ministers publicly describe the fuss over frocks and football tickets as a "distraction" - a word politicians like to use when they are describing something they know is embarrassing and find hard to explain.

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Given the “Garden of Time” theme and the last-minute nature of her frock, could we be in for a living garment in the form of flowers?

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