teadress

English

Noun

teadress (plural teadresses)

1. Alternative form of tea dress
   • 1988, David Bond, Jocelyn Boris, “The 1980s”, in The Guinness Guide to 20th Century Fashion, Guinness, →ISBN, page 233:

     There were longer fuller skirts as well as tight ones, shorter fitted jackets, demure wrapover ‘teadresses’, neat hats and gloves, and low heeled shoes, all firmly reminiscent of the 1930s and 40s.

   • 1996, Patricia Hearst, Cordelia Frances Biddle, chapter 10, in Murder at San Simeon, Lisa Drew Books, →ISBN, page 107:

     Only then did she realize she was still in the man’s trousers Pops had chosen for her morning attire and not in the blue crepe de Chine teadress she’d picked out for herself.

   • 2009, Cecelia Ahern, The Book of Tomorrow, Windsor/Paragon, →ISBN, page 60:

     I waited, almost expected Rosaleen to come sprinting across the road with her teadress hitched up to her thighs, revealing hamstrings so tight Jimi Hendrix could play on them.

   • 2011, Ruth Sorrell, “Counterbalance”, in JoSelle Vanderhooft, Catherine Lundoff, editors, Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic, Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 11:

     Her grandmother’s teadress is purple and green, ragged along the hem.

   • 2012, Tracy Martin, “The Pant Suit”, in The Little Black Dress: How to Dress Perfectly for Any Occasion, London, New York, N.Y.: CICO Books, →ISBN, page 43:

     Blazers or “boyfriend” jackets look amazing with jeans or even over a summer teadress.

   • 2013, Abby Clements, Vivien’s Heavenly Ice Cream Shop, Quercus, →ISBN, page 339:

     Anna put on a gingham teadress and wedges, winding her hair up in kirby grips.

   • 2016, Rachel Hickman, One Silver Summer, Old Barn Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page 197:

     Helena thought of the lonely girl in her flower-print dress at the churchyard. The sort of teadress that she’d worn once.