smock
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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
There, finally, on the other side of the plexiglass, sat Khalil, swimming in a large blue smock.
From Slate • May 2, 2025
He said: "When you've been sitting there since the crack of dawn in a smock waiting to have open heart surgery, however calm I tried to feel, you still get a bit nervous."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024
As he said Anis del Mono one of the men at the table looked up, brought out a bottle from inside his smock, and handed it to me.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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