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poodle skirt

poodle skirt noun: a wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.

poodle skirt: a wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred...
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Noun

poodle skirt (plural poodle skirts)

  1. A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.
    • Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels.1986 [1984], Armistead Maupin, Babycakes (Tales of the City), page 64

Forms of poodle skirt

pluralpoodle skirts

Words formed from poodle skirt

Questions about poodle skirt

What does poodle skirt mean?
Poodle skirt means a wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.
What part of speech is poodle skirt?
Poodle skirt is a noun.
What is the plural of poodle skirt?
The plural of poodle skirt is poodle skirts.

Words near poodle skirt in the dictionary

  1. poodies
  2. poodle
  3. poodle cloth
  4. poodle shooter
  5. poodle shooters
  6. poodle skirt
  7. poodle skirts
  8. poodle-faker
  9. poodle-fakers
  10. poodle-skirted
  11. poodled

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