GREEN GOWN


Meaning of GREEN GOWN in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the grass stains traditionally acquired when illicit love is made

archaic : a gown symbolically acquired at illicit loss of virginity

many a green gown has been given, many a kiss, both odd and even — Robert Herrick †1674

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