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: a light loose garment worn especially for protection of clothing while working
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Noun
The children's smocks were covered with paint.
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Signs of this dynamic were evident on a recent day at one Manhattan grocery store, where a worker passed the empty egg shelves, reached into her smock and handed a favorite customer a full carton.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
Ahead, our edit the best cotton dresses to wear all summer long—from crisp shirtdresses and smocked midis to styles with barely-there spaghetti straps, playful ties, bold prints, and classic solids.
—Caroline Griswold, Vogue, 15 May 2025
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Noun
Each weekday, one floor down from his courtroom, U.S. marshals bring forward a parade of border-crossers, some in orange prison smocks, some still in the street clothes they were arrested in hours before.
—Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Signs of this dynamic were evident on a recent day at one Manhattan grocery store, where a worker passed the empty egg shelves, reached into her smock and handed a favorite customer a full carton.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Jacquard fabrics with loose threads create a furry surface, while appliqués and smocking nod to the theme’s focus on craftsmanship.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
Ahead, our edit the best cotton dresses to wear all summer long—from crisp shirtdresses and smocked midis to styles with barely-there spaghetti straps, playful ties, bold prints, and classic solids.
—Caroline Griswold, Vogue, 15 May 2025
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“Smock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smock. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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smock
1 of 2 noun1
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: a light loose garment worn usually over regular clothing for protection from dirt
smock
2 of 2 verb
: to embroider or shirr with smocking
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