How to use petticoat in a sentence

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• Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.From the entry gather up
• The sort of woman with crimson hair and rainbow petticoats, come-hither eyes and a throaty laugh.1986, Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine. From the entry come-hither
• Whuskers and petticoats wi' the vices o' both and the virtues o' neither.1929, Percival Christopher Wren, Good Gestes, The McSnorrt Reminiscent. From the entry sort
• They will elect a woman prime minister and “petticoat politics” will ride the government steeds astride.1927 April 25, “Tennyson’s Princesses. Chicago Herald Examiner.”, in The Ottawa Evening Citizen, 84th year, number 264, Ottawa, Ont., page…. From the entry prime ministress
• Petticoating roleplay may include being forced to wear makeup and to carry dolls, purses, and other items associated with girls.2013, Heinz Duthel, Kathoey Ladyboy: Thailand's Got Talent, page 437. From the entry petticoating
• She wore a patched skirt over about a dozen cotton petticoats, not so different from her Toulouse-Lautrec outfit but more ginghamy.2001, Elizabeth McCracken, Niagara Falls All Over Again, page 229. From the entry ginghamy
• Morag put on a second petticoat of exactly the same material and shape, except that its colour was a dull red.1975, Neil Miller Gunn, Morning tide. From the entry washen
• On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.1950, Wilhelm Stekel, Eden Paul, Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy. From the entry dogwhip
• Harriett was standing in her little faded red moirette petticoat and a blue flannelette dressing-jacket brushing her wiry hair.1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 63. From the entry moirette
• In the nineteenth century, stiff crinoline petticoats puffed out skirts so far that the cheap materials often brushed against open flames and caught fire.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 4, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry crinoline
• The skirt of the coat was ground length and full, the coat itself buttoning from the base to show the petticoat underneath.1989, Marion Sichel, History of women's costume, Chelsea House Pub, page 36. From the entry buffon
• “I’m sorry,” Megan answered, pulling a single white petticoat over her head and then doing the same to a simple cambric daydress of palest lemon.1983, Karen Robards, chapter 22, in Forbidden Love, Book Margins, Inc., page 371. From the entry daydress
• Morag put on a third petticoat, of a more washen red than the second, but this one would not fix without its safety-pin.1975, Neil Miller Gunn, Morning tide. From the entry washen
• Alice Lon, the featured soloist and "Champagne Lady," is spry and pretty, with an embraceably slim waist and gleaming legs under a froth of petticoats.1956, The American Magazine, volumes 161-162, page 102. From the entry embraceably
• That's a combination of old fashioned petticoat and pantaloons, chic things for square and folk, prettily trimmed with eyelet laces and ribbons, etc.1954, Viltis - Volumes 13-17, page 22. From the entry pettiloon
• Telling me she won’t wear the petticoats because they’ve only got Hamburg edging and two rows of tucks instead of three, the little peacock!”1929, Rachel Field, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Chapter 12. From the entry Hamburg edging
• Too much petticoats in them, Deadwood!1923, Frederick Niven, The Wolfer. From the entry mistresspiece
• A frillsome petticoat, a purple silk skirt (very full and looking short enough for a little girl) and a flesh-pink chiffon blouse, entirely transparent.1916, Berta Ruck, In Another Girl's Shoes. From the entry frillsome
• This week she has been appearing in a white satin petticoat much spattered with rosettes veiled with black maline and over-hung by a glitterful tunic.1915 April 30, “With the Women”, in Variety, volume XXXVIII, number 9, New York, N.Y., page 7, column 4. From the entry glitterful
• Now, Horn & Udell are responsible for the bloomers your small daughter wears under her play frock, in place of the troublesome and extravagant petticoat of the old days.1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself. From the entry bloomers
• The highlight of such occasions was the "cotillion," a gamesy ritual for selecting partners that took its name from a frisky old French folk dance called the cotillon, or "petticoat."1965, William Iversen, O the Times! O the Manners!, page 210. From the entry gamesy

Meaning of petticoat

1. noun A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
2. noun A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
3. noun A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

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How do you use petticoat in a sentence?

Petticoat is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.”

What is a short sentence with petticoat?

“a petticoat affair”

What does petticoat mean?

Petticoat means a tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.