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Search phrase: smock

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.30I shall stay here the forehorse to a smock,I shal stay here the for-horse to a smocke,
Antony and CleopatraAC I.ii.169your old smock brings forth a new petticoat;your old Smocke brings foorth a new Petticoate,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.ii.119Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock;Doubtlesse he shriues this woman to her smock,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.479Die when you will, a smock shall be your shroud.Die when you will, a smocke shall be your shrowd.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.884And lady-smocks all silver-whiteAnd Cuckow-buds of yellow hew:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.885And cuckoo-buds of yellow hueAnd Ladie-smockes all siluer white,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.895And maidens bleach their summer smocks,And Maidens bleach their summer smockes:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.82with foul shirts and smocks, socks, foul stockings,with foule Shirts and Smockes, Socks, foule Stockings,
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.134there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheetthere will she sit in her smocke, till she haue writ a sheet
OthelloOth V.ii.271Pale as thy smock! When we shall meet at comptPale as thy Smocke: when we shall meete at compt,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.100Two, two. A shirt and a smock.Two, two: a Shirt and a Smocke.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.ii.82But this poor petticoat and too coarse smocks.But this pore petticoate, and too corse Smockes.
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.211smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleevehandSmocke were a shee-Angell, he so chauntes to the sleeue-hand,

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Glossary

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lady-smockcuckoo-flower
smockwoman's undergarment, shift, slip, chemise

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Plants... ‘azured’ (cym iv ii 222) lady-smock lll v ii 884 cruciferae cardamin...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LADYPLANTlady-smock n
SMOCKBASICsmock n
SMOCKPLANTlady-smock n

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