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hobble-skirted

hobble-skirted adjective: wearing a hobble skirt.

hobble-skirted: wearing a hobble skirt
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Adjective

hobble-skirted (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a hobble skirt.
    • MY MISSUS HAS THROWN ME OVER FOR THAT UGLY HOBBLE SKIRTED CREATURE - SUCH IS LIFE, WHEN ONE GETS OLD AND WRINKLED AND THE SAWDUST LEAKS OUT AT THE JOINTS!1908, Caricature: Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story
    • In Paris it is said to create a small sensation in the neighborhood when a fair damsel hobble-skirted alights from her carriage or automobile.1910 July 2, “Some Phases of the Hobble Skirt”, in Muncie Evening Press, volume X, number 234, Muncie, Ind., page five

Origin of hobble-skirted

From hobble skirt + -ed.

Questions about hobble-skirted

What does hobble-skirted mean?
Hobble-skirted means wearing a hobble skirt.
What part of speech is hobble-skirted?
Hobble-skirted is an adjective.

Words near hobble-skirted in the dictionary

  1. hobble-de-hoys
  2. hobble-dehoy
  3. hobble-dehoys
  4. hobble-rope
  5. hobble-ropes
  6. hobble-skirted
  7. hobblebush
  8. hobblebushes
  9. hobbled
  10. hobbledehoy
  11. hobbledehoydom

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