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US
/ˈfɹɑk/
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[ UK /fɹˈɒk/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɒk/ ]
NOUN
- a long, loose outer garment
- a habit worn by clerics
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
VERB
- put a frock on
How To Use frock In A Sentence
- It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- It has a great selection of frocks and summer party wear. Times, Sunday Times
- On his way out, he met Baldwin dressed soberly in a black frock coat and pantaloons.
- In his dreams she wore a blue satin frock with a burgundy shawl, or a pink silk pelisse, or a white crinoline.
- Roy Bourgeois made the front page of this past Saturday's New York Times, and I was glad for the good news at hand: 157 priests signed a statement in support of Father Roy Bourgeois, whom the Vatican has begun to defrock. Michele Somerville: A Frock Does Not A Priest Make
- Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
- I have to admit, they looked wonderful, particularly the fanciable frocks. Times, Sunday Times
- If they defrock him, they set him on a path to official or unofficial sainthood. Michele Somerville: Roy Bourgeois Detained At The Vatican For The Crime Of Primacy Of Conscience
- As her usual attire is lobster hats and frocks made from bacon rashers, this presumably means she wore jeans and a sweatshirt. The Sun
- These two beat up Sancho when he tries to take some friars' frocks as battle spoils.