Meanings
adjectivepetticoatless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a petticoat.
Though she consoled herself that the petticoatless performers, both male and female, were well clad underneath with "draws," she regretted the loss of "delicacy, modesty and diffidence" involved in the entire presentation.
1988, Phyllis Lee Levin, Abigail Adams: A Biography
Origin
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petticoatless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petticoatless
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“petticoatless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petticoatless. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petticoatless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petticoatless.
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