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pettiloons

pettiloons is the plural of pettiloon.

Meaning of pettiloon

Noun

pettiloon (plural pettiloons)

  1. (historical) An early form of trouser for women, loose-fitting and often gathered at the ankle; the trouser portion of a bloomer costume.
    • Whereabouts dwelt the Amazons, the true assertors of the Rights of Woman, who spurned even the gentle bondage of the pettiloon?1852 December, Edward Sullivan, “Sullivan's Rambles in North and South America”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 35, number 446, page 680

Questions about pettiloons

What is pettiloons the plural of?
Pettiloons is the plural of pettiloon.

Words near pettiloons in the dictionary

  1. Pettigo
  2. Pettigrew
  3. Pettijohn
  4. Pettijohns
  5. pettiloon
  6. pettiloons
  7. pettily
  8. Pettinato
  9. Pettinatos
  10. pettiness
  11. pettinesses

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