See also: house-coat

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Etymology edit

house +‎ coat

Noun edit

housecoat (plural housecoats)

  1. (Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown.
  2. (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.
    • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
      Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.