If you are giving someone a "green gown," what, exactly, are you are doing?

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If you are giving someone a "green gown," what, exactly, are you are doing?

Question #56778. Asked by lanfranco.

Stew54
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Stew54
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I don't know if it has any other meaning but in the UK Green Gown Awards recognise progress made by universities and colleges to make their operations more environmentally friendly.

Apr 20 2005, 9:58 AM

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Answer 1

Also, I am reminded by my colleague (yes it's busy in the office today) that a "green gown" is used in, for example, folk songs to hint at a bit of illicit naughtiness (reference to grass stains perhaps).

I believe there are other posters here better able to elaborate on that kind of thing (a Tasmanian expert springs to mind).

Answer 2

Well, we'll not wait for peasy -- you get the yay. Yes, when you're giving someone a green gown, you're having a roll in the hay.

I ran across this in Jeffrey Kacirk's interesting dictionary of obsolete English terms and words, "The Word Museum." Worth a look.

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peasypod
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peasypod
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Um, cough, the roll that gmack and I indulge in is the innocent Swiss one...you know, the ones with the jam in the middle?

*peasy grins*

Apr 20 2005, 5:47 PM

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lanfranco
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lanfranco
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Oh, peasy -- and I thought you were the Tasmanian devil! (Or maybe that's "diavola.")

Just what sort of filling is that? Some fruits are regarded as aphrodisiacs, you know.

Apr 20 2005, 7:26 PM

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peasypod
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peasypod
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Moi?

Apr 20 2005, 7:42 PM

If you are giving someone a "green gown," what, exactly, are you are doing?

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