Meaning

Alternative form of tea dress..

Example Sentences

There were longer fuller skirts as well as tight ones, shorter fitted jackets, demure wrapover ‘teadresses’, neat hats and gloves, and low heeled shoes, all firmly reminiscent of the 1930s and 40s.

Only then did she realize she was still in the man’s trousers Pops had chosen for her morning attire and not in the blue crepe de Chine teadress she’d picked out for herself.

I waited, almost expected Rosaleen to come sprinting across the road with her teadress hitched up to her thighs, revealing hamstrings so tight Jimi Hendrix could play on them.

Her grandmother’s teadress is purple and green, ragged along the hem.

Blazers or “boyfriend” jackets look amazing with jeans or even over a summer teadress.

Anna put on a gingham teadress and wedges, winding her hair up in kirby grips.

Helena thought of the lonely girl in her flower-print dress at the churchyard. The sort of teadress that she’d worn once.

Word Forms

• teadresses

When Should You Use Teadress?

Use teadress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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