smock

Instead of traditional chef’s whites, they’re reaching for Hedley and Bennett’s durable but refined cotton-linen smock and a pair of comfortable clogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

"Unlike kente, which is largely ceremonial, the smock is everyday wear," he said, referring to another form of traditional Ghanian dress worn during major celebrations.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

President Mahama also suggested exporting the smock in bulk to Zambia.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

There, finally, on the other side of the plexiglass, sat Khalil, swimming in a large blue smock.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

At last a tall, cadaverous woman in a white smock entered the room from an inner door.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

"People are coming specifically for it now," textile trader William Nene said as he folded freshly woven smocks, which are also known as "batakari", at his small stall in central Accra.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Batakari - also called smocks or binŋmah in Mahama's Dagbani language - are tunics made from hand-woven strips of cotton then sewn together to create a distinctive striped pattern.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

Everything such as smocks, paint, brushes and canvases will be provided.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

We stood at the door, wearing terry-cloth smocks and spa-issued mittens, as Jack explained the process.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

You did not see them again except as sport clothes, odd-looking at a table among the closely packed peasants in black smocks.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

It’s a place where people pause to chat up strangers on oak-and-magnolia-draped streets, a place where boutiques sell smocked baby dresses and shirts with phrases such as “Pearls Are Always Appropriate.”

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

Or: a Mexican-style peasant dress, smocked or embroidered.’”

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

You know, from the pending doom of an offseason in which the bulk of last year’s contending ballclub was shipped out, to the euphoria of the 13-2 start that gob smocked just about everyone.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2019

The iconic Herrera white shirt is rewritten in a myriad of ways: cropped, ruched, smocked, sleeveless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018

She bend down and give her a hug, say, “Mae Mobley, did you like that smocked dress I sent over last week?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Even down to the shape of this smocking and the crystal application and then the dégradé within the cape.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2021

In that sense, perhaps this was a win of some kind for the president, whose Twitter hot streak has left him positively smocking.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2018

The latest misspelling came on Wednesday when Trump tried to quote a guest on Fox News, only to type smocking gun when he should have written smoking gun.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2018

I counted at least six different needlework techniques—including smocking, pin pleats, and rosettes—that descended from puffed shoulder to netting-frilled wrist.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016

Beatrice was wearing her polished cotton, very girlish with the smocking across the bodice.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck