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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cap and Gown The full academical costume of a university student, tutor, or master, worn at lectures, examinations, and after "hall" (dinner). "Is it a cap and gown affair?"- C. Bede: Verdant Green. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Cap and Gown Revue (1932) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mary Emma Woolley, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing cap and gown. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Goff. Portrait of Mrs. Goff in graduation cap and gown. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, in cap and gown, being honored with the Degree of Doctor of Laws, by Georgetown University, standing with three other men. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cap and gown | 808 |
graduation cap and gown | 118 |
cap and gown rental | 13 |
collegiate cap and gown | 12 |
high school cap and gown | 5 |
preschool graduation cap and gown | 4 |
preschool cap and gown | 4 |
oak hall cap and gown | 3 |
academic cap and gown | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CAP AND GOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | egyetemi díszben (in cap and gown). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | apcay anday owngay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-g-n-n-o-p-w" | |
-4 letters: dognap, goanna, padnag, pagoda, wangan. | |
-5 letters: adown, ancon, canna, canon, capon, conga, donga, donna, gnawn, gonad, gowan, pagan, pagod, panda, panga, wagon. | |
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