Granny-dress
noun
1.
a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
noun phrase
A floor-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high neckline (1960s+)
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- Granny-glasses
plural noun 1. eyeglasses with wirelike metal frames that sometimes sit below the bridge of the nose and often have oval lenses. noun phrase Eyeglasses with small, circular steel or gold frames (1960s+)
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1. a combining form representing granite, in compound words: granophyre. combining form 1. of or resembling granite: granolith