half-dashed

Updated: May 24, 2025

This was the more creditable to the maid, inasmuch as the dresses sea-green glacés were rather dashed; and the worse they looked, the likelier they would be to become her property. Half-dashed dresses, however, that would look rather seedy by contrast, come out very fresh in the country, especially in winter, when day begins to close in at four.

Robert Smith Surtees - Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour