What does old gown mean?

old gown

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

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Obsolete; Slang; Uncountable

"[…] their horses loaded with 150 to 200 lbs. of “old gown” (smuggled tea) […]"
"[…] at this time there was a very general leaning towards cheap brandy or tobacco; "old gown," as smuggled tea was called, was in general request, […]"

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