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: a light loose garment worn especially for protection of clothing while working
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Noun
The children's smocks were covered with paint.
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Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
On the nearby racks hung smock dresses in earthy colors called basalt and scarab, barrel-leg ecru denim trousers and seaweed green hooded wax-cotton parkas.
—Thessaly La Force, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Shea Simmons, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
Their signature square necklines, bow fastenings, puff sleeves, and smocked or boned bodices are similar to those worn in the series.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024
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Noun
By now, three or four big guys, all garbed in those white smocks, had popped out onto the Peacock’s front porch.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
On the nearby racks hung smock dresses in earthy colors called basalt and scarab, barrel-leg ecru denim trousers and seaweed green hooded wax-cotton parkas.
—Thessaly La Force, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
The breezy cotton keeps things airy in high temperatures, and smocking in the back helps the dress move with you.
—Shea Simmons, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
Their signature square necklines, bow fastenings, puff sleeves, and smocked or boned bodices are similar to those worn in the series.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024
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“Smock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smock. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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smock
1 of 2 noun1
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: a light loose garment worn usually over regular clothing for protection from dirt
smock
2 of 2 verb
: to embroider or shirr with smocking
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