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Little Bo Peep dress en · NOUN

Etymology

In reference to Little Bo-Peep, a young shepherdess in a traditional English nursery rhyme.

Meanings

1. A kind of dress traditionally worn by young girls.
   • One of the saddest things is to see a good measure of the younger women back at square one. I mean, they do everything but wear Little Bo Peep dresses and hair bows. 1989, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 14, number 5, page 31:
   • New York stylist and onetime bridesmaid Beth Blake was so unhappy with the Little Bo Peep dresses out there, she almost wore a nightie to her sister's wedding! 2000, Glamour, volume 98, numbers 5-8, page 112:

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Synonyms

Bo Peep dress

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