"granny dress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: granny dresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} granny dress (plural granny dresses)
  1. A long, loose-fitting, high-necklined one-piece gown or dress, often printed with light or pastel colors, that was popular with young women in the United States and Britain from the mid-1960s to the 1970s.
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