This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Bed-Gown. A night-gown or night-dress; a kind of jacket like a dressing-sack, worn in Scotland by women of the working-class, generally with a colored flannel petticoat.
 
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