underpetticoat

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noun

A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat.

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Meanings

noununderpetticoat (plural underpetticoats)

plural underpetticoats · alternative under-petticoat

  1. historicalA 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, […], →OCLC

Origin

From under- + petticoat.

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Chicago

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