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Underskirt   Listen
noun
Underskirt  n.  A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Underskirt" Quotes from Famous Books



... stripped his heavy flannel shirt for freedom; and it was plain, when Frona joined them, that she also had been shedding. Jacket and skirt were gone, and her underskirt of dark cloth ceased midway ...
— A Daughter of the Snows • Jack London

... perceived in common day, but the mystery here was something wholly sorrowful. Everything about the children—they were hardly more than children—showed care and refinement of taste. There was no violent clash of colour; the only vivid colour note was the rich red of a silk underskirt that showed where the clinging folds of the white gold-embroidered sari were draped a little at the side. The effect was very dainty, and the girls' manners were modest and gentle. No one who did not know what the pretty dress ...
— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael



Words linked to "Underskirt" :   half-slip, crinoline, undergarment, petticoat, unmentionable



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