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dowd cap

noun

dowd cap

noun
1

Obsolete A woman's nightcap.

  • […] an old woman, whose grizzled locks had escaped from under her dowd cap […]1881, William Carleton, The Works of William Carleton, page 178:
  • […] her dowd cap was replaced by one of the finest muslin, quilled to the front, terminating in a peak, and starched to a formidable degree of stiffness.1896, Michael Banim, The Ghost-hunter and His Family, page 49:

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