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petticoatless

petticoatless adjective: without a petticoat.

Adjective

petticoatless (not comparable)

  1. Without a petticoat.
    • Though she consoled herself that the petticoatless performers, both male and female, were well clad underneath with "draws," she regretted the loss of "delicacy, modesty and diffidence" involved in the entire presentation.1988, Phyllis Lee Levin, Abigail Adams: A Biography

Origin of petticoatless

From petticoat + -less.

Questions about petticoatless

What does petticoatless mean?
Petticoatless means without a petticoat.
What part of speech is petticoatless?
Petticoatless is an adjective.

Words near petticoatless in the dictionary

  1. petticoat tails
  2. petticoated
  3. petticoateries
  4. petticoatery
  5. petticoating
  6. petticoatless
  7. petticoatlike
  8. petticoats
  9. Petticrew
  10. pettie
  11. pettier

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