Meanings
plural Little Bo Peep dresses
- A kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.
New York stylist and onetime bridesmaid Beth Blake was so unhappy with the Little Bo Peep dresses out there, she almost wore a nightie to her sister's wedding!
2000, Glamour, volume 98, numbers 5-8, page 1121 more example
One of the saddest things is to see a good measure of the younger women back at square one. I mean, they do everything but wear Little Bo Peep dresses and hair bows.
1989, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 14, number 5, page 31Synonyms: Bo Peep dress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.
Origin
In reference to Little Bo-Peep, a young shepherdess in a traditional English nursery rhyme.
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