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   frock

   /frɒk/

   noun

   • 1. a woman's or girl's dress: "her new party frock"
   • 2. a long gown with flowing sleeves worn by monks, priests, or clergy: "the chaplain tottered in stiff splendid frocks"
   • ▪ the work and position of a priest: archaic "such words as these cost the preacher his frock"
   • 3. an agricultural worker's smock; a smock-frock. historical
   • ▪ a woollen jersey worn by sailors: archaic "his Cornish-knit frock"
   • 4. short for frock coat

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French froc, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘priest's or monk's gown’ is preserved in defrock.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frocked adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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