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under-petticoat

under-petticoat is the alternative form of underpetticoat.

Meaning of underpetticoat

Noun

underpetticoat (plural underpetticoats)

  1. (historical) A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat.
    • I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Forms of under-petticoat

pluralunder-petticoats

Questions about under-petticoat

What is under-petticoat the alternative form of?
Under-petticoat is the alternative form of underpetticoat.

Words near under-petticoat in the dictionary

  1. under-kimono
  2. under-kimonos
  3. under-manager
  4. under-managers
  5. under-oxygenated
  6. under-petticoat
  7. under-petticoats
  8. under-punctuation
  9. under-represent
  10. under-representation
  11. under-represented

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