smock : Idioms & Phrases

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lady's smock

  • noun a bitter cress of Europe and America
    cuckooflower; Cardamine pratensis; meadow cress; cuckoo flower.
WordNet
La"dy's smock"
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.
Webster 1913

smock frock

Smock" frock`
Definitions
  1. A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.
Webster 1913

Smock mill

  • a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.
Webster 1913

Smock race

  • a race run by women for the prize of a smock. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

smock-faced

Smock"-faced` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.
Webster 1913