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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Green Gown (A). A tousel in the new-mown hay. To "give one a green gown" sometimes means to go beyond the bounds of innocent playfulness. "Had any dared to give her [Narcissa] a green gown, The fair had petrifled him with a frown ... Pure as the snow was she, and cold as ice." Peter Pindar: Old Simon. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | GREEN GOWN. To give a girl a green gown; to tumble her on the grass. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GREEN GOWN |
| Specialty definitions using "GREEN GOWN": Petticoat and Gown. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-n-n-o-r-w" | |
-2 letters: engorge. | |
-3 letters: erenow, renown, wonner. | |
-4 letters: egger, genre, genro, goner, gorge, green, grego, grown, newer, ngwee, owner, renew, rewon, rowen, wrong. | |
-5 letters: eger, enow, ergo, erne, ewer, gene, goer, gone, gong, gore, gown, gree, grew, grog, grow, nene, neon, nogg, none, ogee, ogre, ween, weer, were, wore, worn, wren. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 52 45 45 4E      47 4F 57 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01010010 01000101 01000101 01001110 00100000 01000111 01001111 01010111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G R E E N   G O W N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0052 0045 0045 004E      0047 004F 0057 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4152393948241495748 |
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