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prairie skirt

prairie skirt noun: a traditional American flared skirt with flounces.

Noun

prairie skirt (plural prairie skirts)

  1. A traditional American flared skirt with flounces.

Forms of prairie skirt

pluralprairie skirts

Origin of prairie skirt

Named for its resemblance to the home-sewn skirts worn by pioneer women in the mid-19th century.

Questions about prairie skirt

What does prairie skirt mean?
Prairie skirt means a traditional American flared skirt with flounces.
What part of speech is prairie skirt?
Prairie skirt is a noun.
What is the plural of prairie skirt?
The plural of prairie skirt is prairie skirts.

Words near prairie skirt in the dictionary

  1. Prairie provinces
  2. prairie rose
  3. prairie roses
  4. prairie schooner
  5. prairie schooners
  6. prairie skirt
  7. prairie skirts
  8. prairie smoke
  9. prairie star
  10. prairie stars
  11. Prairie State

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