ballgown in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Her hair was put up for the first time and her first ballgown was pink.
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Nor has fading hasn't damaged the entire collection - the burgundy ballgown has retained its colour.
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With it, she went to her wheelbarrow and used the wand to turn her bearskin into a ballgown of moon-beams.
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A rodeo had been hired and one of the young officer's girlfriends fell off, revealing that she had nothing on under her ballgown.
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Having no ballgown, she bought some dark blue fabric, wrapped it around herself and pinned it in place.
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In turn, he encourages them to display their talents, with one recent contestant reduced to performing dolphin sounds while dressed in a ballgown.
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It showed long corridors of grinning skeletons wearing what looked like grotesque fancy dress: dusty suits and decaying ballgowns from the 19th century.
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Guests were paying tribute to the late couturier by donning high-end vintage looks such as ballgowns and long gloves.
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We love the juxtaposition between the edgy cropped top and the poufy, ballgown-esque skirt.
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She knew how to sew together any pattern from a ballgown to a bias-cut dress.
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