poodle skirt

noun

A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.

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Meanings

nounpoodle skirt (plural poodle skirts)

plural poodle skirts

  1. A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.

    Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels.

    1986 [1984], Armistead Maupin, Babycakes (Tales of the City), page 64
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poodle skirt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poodle%20skirt.

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