cap and gown

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cap and gown

the academic cap or mortarboard and the robe worn in formal academic ceremonies. We all had to rent cap and gown for graduation. I appeared wearing my cap and gown, but I had shorts on underneath because it gets so hot at that time of year.

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And this poverty they could not hide, for the sizars were obliged to wear a different cap and gown from that of the gentlemen commoners. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context They laughed loudly at their old-fashioned attire, the wide-skirted coats and flapped waistcoats of the young men, and the ancient cap and gown of the blooming girl. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context The most conspicuous article in her attire was an ample checkered linen apron, which almost covered her skirt; and nothing could be plainer or less noticeable than her cap and gown, for there was no weakness of which she was less tolerant than feminine vanity, and the preference of ornament to utility. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			can't stand can't stand the pace can't take eyes off can't tell arse from elbow can't thank you enough can't think straight can't to save life can't wait can't win them all canâ€™t be bothered to canary cancel cancel Christmas cancel each other out cancel out cancel out of candidate for a pair of wings candle candy cannon cannon fodder cannot cannot help doing cannot see the wood for the trees cap cap and gown cap off capable of doing capital capitalize on capitulate to captain of industry capture imagination card card-carrying member cardboard city cards are stacked against care care a fig care a hoot care a toss care about care for care for another? care nothing about care nothing for care to dance? care to do care to join us? care to...? care tuppence			CAOSS CAOT CAOT CAOTM CAOUS Caoutchin caoutchouc caoutchouc caoutchouc Caoutchouc Caucho Gomma caoutchouc tree Caoutchoucin CAOV CAOVP CAOW cap cap cap cap cap cap cap Cap (disambiguation) Cap (disambiguation) Cap (disambiguation) Cap (disambiguation) Cap (disambiguation) Cap (sport) Cap and Ball cap and bells cap and gown Cap and trade CAP binding protein cap block Cap Bon cap cable Cap Camarat Business Jet Cap Classique Cap Cloud CAP code cap crimper CaP CURE Cap de la Madeleine Cap de la Madeleine CAP DEF Cap eraser Cap eraser CAP EXP cap flashing Cap Francais Cap Français Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Cap Gemini Ernst and Young Cap Gemini Sogeti cap gun Cap Haitien Cap Haitien

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