silk dress

collocation in English

meaningsofsilkanddress

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silk
noun
uk
/sɪlk/us
/sɪlk/
a delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the ...
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dress
noun
uk
/dres/us
/dres/
a piece of clothing that covers the top half of the body and hangs down over the legs, usually worn by women and ...
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(Definition ofsilkanddressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsilk dress

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Dressed in a classysilkdress, she runs through gardens, lies in bed and walks through the grass, all with a burgeoning belly.
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In 1930, following an argument about her husband's dull ties, his wife made him one fromsilkdressmaterial.
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She then becomes aware of another sound, the sound of asilkdressruffling.
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In the video, she is also singing in a black bluesilkdressaway from the scenery.
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Thesilkdresswas coveted by many buyers and was shipped to stores in the late fall and early winter.
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He wore a colourful civiliansilkdressshirt beneath his unbuttoned knee-length brown leather coat.
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Baby doll with a newsilkdressand pipe the earrings.
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The clip-clop of horses' hooves today may evoke flowing silk dresses and frock coats, carriages and a genteel way of life that has disappeared.
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Brown was dressed in a long, black,silkdress.
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It is a labyrinth of ill-kept passages, lined with shops, in which may be found a wonderful collection of sundries, from a door nail to asilkdress.
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As industrial technology put machine-made lace, steel cage crinolines, and silk dresses within the reach of an increasing number of female consumers, elegant simplicity became a hallmark of the elite.
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He asked us to imagine attempting to relate such an argument to steel billets or silk dresses.
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It does not matter whether it is a case of steel billets or silk dresses or anything else used by the community.
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How can you say that you are dealing with the same set of conditions when you are speaking about duties on, say, steel billets or motor ears or silk dresses?
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Kerdasa is a great place to find embroidered cotton, silk dresses (galabeyas) and other products.
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In all, the men had spent an hour on the brig and left having looted a diamond ring, two watches, three gold chains, a ruby ring, and three silk dresses.
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His shop was diverse, with special offers on silk dresses and also a morning dress section, and departments offering lower-cost items such as buttons and ribbons.
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