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underpetticoats

underpetticoats is the plural 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...

Questions about underpetticoats

What is underpetticoats the plural of?
Underpetticoats is the plural of underpetticoat.

Words near underpetticoats in the dictionary

  1. underpersonalized
  2. underpersonalizes
  3. underpersonalizing
  4. underpetticoat
  5. underpetticoated
  6. underpetticoats
  7. underphosphorylated
  8. underpigmentation
  9. underpigmented
  10. underpin
  11. underpinned

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