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thigh-showers

thigh-showers is the plural of thigh-shower.

Meaning of thigh-shower

Noun

thigh-shower (plural thigh-showers)

  1. In ancient Greece, a woman wearing a peplos with a split up the side, thus revealing the upper leg.
    • In ancient Sparta girls wore a tunic ending above the knees and slit high at the side, for this reason these girls were known as thigh-showers.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 65

Questions about thigh-showers

What is thigh-showers the plural of?
Thigh-showers is the plural of thigh-shower.

Words near thigh-showers in the dictionary

  1. thigh slapper
  2. thigh slappers
  3. thigh-high
  4. thigh-highs
  5. thigh-shower
  6. thigh-showers
  7. thigh-slapper
  8. thigh-slappers
  9. thigh-slapping
  10. thighbone
  11. thighbones

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