blue gown:

In Elizabethan times, a prostitute . It is from this usage that we now we associate today the color blue with pornography , lewdness, and obscenity. See prostitute for synonyms.
See Also: baby blue, blue, blue handkerchief, blue-veined junket pump, broad jest, dark blue handkerchief, dirty joke, light blue handkerchief, locker-room humor, poke pants, pokes

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