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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.

Verb

1. 1
   To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game. UK, intransitive

   "She'll take any excuse to ballgown!"

Synonyms

All synonyms

balldress

Example

More examples

"She'll take any excuse to ballgown!"

Etymology

From ball + gown.

Related phrases

ball-gowned

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