tea dress
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short, semiformal, dress appropriate for afternoon tea or similar occasions, relaxed enough for dancing, and usually made of light printed fabric.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Hawthorne was here all day to make me a 5 o'clock tea dress."
- "'I suppose I'll wear my Victorian tea dress again,' said Grace. 'Maybe I can borrow a pith helmet or something.'"
- "To anger the writer further, the tea dress was seen as extravagant with its only being worn once or twice before a new dress was thought necessary by fashionable ladies."
- "The tea dress conjures up the quintessence of traditional Englishness. Both feminine and formal, it is nonetheless relaxed enough to be worn at all manner of social occasions from a summer wedding or garden party to a drink in the local pub. Because of its attractive versatility, the flowery, floaty tea dress has been immune to generations of catwalk trends."
- "The tea dress can be worn with heels or flats, buttoned up for a prim look or undone for a more sensual, casual vibe. It suits every figure. The Second World War tea dress often had little puffed sleeves with small pads in the shoulders and a sweeheart neckline."
- "The tea dance gave rise to the distinctive 'tea dress' suitable for afternoon wear but allowing movement for dancing, a fashion which thrived through the 1930s and '40s and had a revival in the nostalgic early twenty-first century."