hooverettes

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A form of hooverette — A simple housedress with robe-style sash and wrap front, worn especially in United States in the 1930s and 1940s, with one section overlapping another; when dirty, the overlap could be reversed so a clean section was on top again, reducing laundry.

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Meanings

hooverettes1

noun
  1. pluralplural of hooverette

Hooverettes2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Hooverette
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