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Placket   Listen
noun
Placket  n.  
1.
A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. (Obs.)
2.
The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; called also placket hole.
3.
A woman's pocket.





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"Placket" Quotes from Famous Books



... braves Offer to upfly To the heavens high, With vain foolery And rude ribaldry. Some of them write Of beastly delight, Suffering their lines To flatter these times With pandarism base, And lust do uncase From the placket to the pap: God send them ill-hap! Some like quaint pedants, Good wit's true recreants, Ye cannot beseech From pure Priscian speech. Divers as nice, Like this odd vice, Are word-makers daily. Others in courtesy, Whenever they meet ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various


Words linked to "Placket" :   piece of cloth


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