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skirtie

skirtie noun: a skirt; an underskirt.

Noun

skirtie (plural skirties)

  1. (colloquial, rare) A skirt; an underskirt.
    • A woman and a man. I see her skirties. Pinned up, I bet1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 46
    • Or was it the WWII doggerel, Dirty Gertie from Bizerte, kept a mousetrap up her skirtie - baited it with fleur de flirty... I mercifully forget the rest!1992 March 8, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS, “Gleanings (33)”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025

Examples of skirtie in a sentence

  • Look at the back of his cute little skirtie he[’]s wearing?2001 April 28, Who?, “Quebec Riots”, in rec.music.makers.bagpipe (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025:
  • I didn[’]t think of the roman^([sic]) skirties...2003 March 28, Chrissie, “Tell Me About Your Horse!”, in alt.animals.horses (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025:

Forms of skirtie

pluralskirties
alternative formskirty

Origin of skirtie

From skirt + -ie.

Questions about skirtie

What does skirtie mean?
Skirtie means a skirt; an underskirt.
How do you use skirtie in a sentence?
Look at the back of his cute little skirtie he[’]s wearing?
What part of speech is skirtie?
Skirtie is a noun.
What is the plural of skirtie?
The plural of skirtie is skirties.

Words near skirtie in the dictionary

  1. skirters
  2. skirtest
  3. skirteth
  4. skirtful
  5. skirtfuls
  6. skirtie
  7. skirties
  8. skirting
  9. skirting around
  10. skirting board
  11. skirting boards

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