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Coercion seeing removal of University gown (5)

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dress

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'gown' is the definition.
(gown is a kind of dress)

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(Other definitions for dress that I've seen before include "To prepare" , "Cultivate < tidy" , "get into gear" , "clobber" , "Shift" .)

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