pantdress

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noun

A pair of loose pants/trousers for women, resembling a dress.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounpantdress (plural pantdresses)

plural pantdresses

  1. CanadaUSA pair of loose pants/trousers for women, resembling a dress.

    Most deceptive pantdress is this deep-pleated one in bonded blue crepe from Stchli.

    1967, Ebony, volume 23, number 1, page 165
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    Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt!

    1969, The New York Times Magazine (part 3)

    Girls wore the pantdresses and culottes forbidden during school hours. Miniskirts and pantdresses “would have been unthinkable in this section of the country earlier,” a reporter observed.

    2000, Ruth Rubinstein, Society's Child: Identity, Clothing, And Style, page 222
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