smock
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Constitution T-shirts, flag pillows and patriotic smock dresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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
But almost every silhouette was inspired after a specific design she used for almost all her shirts: a boxy shape with four front pockets and partial buttons, similar to a smock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
There, finally, on the other side of the plexiglass, sat Khalil, swimming in a large blue smock.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
His white smock and his own anxiety made him look much older than he was.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Early-morning pilgrims had arrived by foot or car, some in traditional white smocks and thatched hats, carrying wooden staves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"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
But I guess if the Neue gets enough people parading through town in those smocks, Klimt will join Kahlo as yet another artist whose look has as much appeal as the work.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
“We’ll wear painters’ smocks and blue berets and do watercolors next—what do you say to that, Helen?
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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
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
White shirts à la Mrs. Herrera, now smocked at the waist and neck, and cut high on the thigh or cropped at the stomach with a bit of drawstring.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2018
It was as if the Changs had run flat life through a fancy new sewing machine, and seen it emerge smocked.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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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
Cillizza, Tribe and Karem were not alone among celebrities who jumped on the "smocking gun" bandwagon, with most leaning toward Cillizza's humorous tone.
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
And the clothes he would make for her—pink crêpe de Chine frocks with dainty smocking at the yoke and sleeves.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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