A frockWednesday, September 30, 2009
quicko: frocks
For ages I thought a couple people I knew were being linguistically suave show-offs by making references to "frocks" when "dresses" clearly would have done. After continued reference by the linguistically suave and intermittent reference by the less linguistically suave, I came to realize that, perhaps, Australians simply use the word frock more frivolously.
A frock
A frock
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Glad to see you in the Derby Day Frock. Have you had opportunity to party in it yet?
Not yet, but pretty soon!
Come to think of it, I think my grandmothers used to use the word frock instead of dress quite often. As with some of the other linguistic comments you've posted recently, it seems that Australia has stayed with some of the older expressions that have since been replaced by more modern lingo here in the USA.
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