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petticoatless

adj

Etymology

From petticoat + -less.

  1. inherited from petticote
  2. suffixed as petticoatless — “petticoat + less”

Definitions

  1. Without 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA