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buntlings

buntlings noun: petticoats. Also the plural of buntling.

Noun

buntlings pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only, cant) Petticoats.
    • "Our pretty Ann wears fine main buntlings no less, and will you take notice of the fineness of the lace! I have nothing better myself. What do you say, Roger, shall we take this along and let it flutter from our masthead?"1947, Thomas B. Costain, textsFor my great folly, page 25
    • On deck, for practice, Tom and his messmates, the foc'slmen, had taught Cotterell with a bit of canvas to hand the leech of sails, "like lifting a girl's buntlings", then to reef them to the boatswain's or his mate's orders.2008, Tom Bowling, The antigallican, large print edition, page 92

Also used as

buntlings is also the plural of buntling.

Questions about buntlings

What does buntlings mean?
Buntlings means petticoats.
What part of speech is buntlings?
Buntlings is a noun.

Words near buntlings in the dictionary

  1. buntline
  2. buntline hitch
  3. buntline hitches
  4. buntlines
  5. buntling
  6. buntlings
  7. bunton
  8. Buntongun
  9. buntons
  10. bunts
  11. Buntsandstein

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