frock
IPA: frˈɑk
noun
- A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
- A sailor's jersey.
- An undress regimental coat.
- (dialectal) A frog.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
- (transitive) To make (somebody) a cleric.
- (US military, transitive) To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
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Examples of "frock" in Sentences
- He wears a frock coat with cravat.
- I would look so hot in that frock.
- The origins and rise of the frock coat.
- They then sold the frock to a pawnbroker.
- Only white shirts were worn with frock coats.
- Both frock coats and sack coats became shorter.
- I would be happy only ever dressing in frock coats.
- Corporal in a nine button military frock coat, 1862.
- The wind lifts her frock and caresses her pantyhose.
- Examples of this included the frock overcoat and paletot.
- Frock coats with any external pockets at all are a rarity.
- What the frock is your frocking problem with the word frock, motherfrocker?
- Her blouse was a revealing off white satin frock -- that had little bows down the front.
- She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
- A couple of business men, dressed in frock coats and striped trousers, each carrying gloves and swinging a cane, came by on their way to the Ferry Building and stopped to talk with Daddy.
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