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modesty bits

modesty bits is the plural of modesty bit.

Meaning of modesty bit

Noun

modesty bit (plural modesty bits)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A modesty piece.
    • Her Dress, too, was of the same cast, a thin muslin short sacque and Coat lined throughout with Pink, – a modesty bit – and something of a very short cloak half concealed about half of her old wrinkled Neck […].1780, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 151

Questions about modesty bits

What is modesty bits the plural of?
Modesty bits is the plural of modesty bit.

Words near modesty bits in the dictionary

  1. Modesto Omiste
  2. modesty
  3. modesty bag
  4. modesty bags
  5. modesty bit
  6. modesty bits
  7. modesty board
  8. modesty boards
  9. modesty glasses
  10. modesty panel
  11. modesty panels

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