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Meanings of half slip in English

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A skirt worn underneath another skirt.

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        Examples for "underskirt"
        Examples for "underskirt"
        1
        This prom dress is from Warehouse, it came with the netted underskirt.
        The Guardian
        2
        Another added: Looks like she forgot to put her underskirt on.
        News.com.au
        3
        I have been three times to Clémentine about your underskirt, etc.
        A Bundle of Letters
        4
        Ralph glanced at the striped underskirt over which Winsome had looped her dress.
        The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story
        5
        They could stand at the underskirt and fill a two-bushel box.
        The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
        1
        He leaned forward at the waist , slipped the paddle deep into the water and pulled back again, evenly, his arms and shoulders taking the load.
        Brian's return
        Usage of half slip in English
        1
        He picked up a rough-dried half slip, held it up, and dropped it on top of the dress.
        Go Set a Watchman
        2
        She wore a bra and half slip and panties under the slip, and stockings held by a tiny belt.
        King Rat
        3
        She'd never be able to climb wearing her slippery half slip, thigh-high stockings and pumps, so they came off, too.
        Bulletproof bride
        4
        The dress tore away, she slid out of the half slip, and Goddard saw her body drop feet-first into the sea.
        And the deep blue sea
        5
        Slide on the right heel-hesitationshuffle on the left toe-twohalf slips sideways.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919
        6
        Janus was sliding over the shelf, half rolling, half slipping, in a mysterious fashion.
        The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
        7
        He let go of the thunderbird's feathers and half slipped, half tumbled to the wet asphalt.
        American Gods
        8
        A slip is fatal- ahalfslip perilous.
        The Stark Munro Letters / Being series of twelve letters written...
        9
        Anita, half thrown and half slipped from her saddle, was on the tanbark, directly in front of Gamechick.
        Betty at Fort Blizzard
        10
        Then she sprang up from the sofa, gently disengaging herself from the arm he had half slipped around her.
        The Heart of Arethusa
        11
        Walters still slept, half slipping off the seat, with his mouth open and his overcoat bundled round his head.
        Three Soldiers
        12
        As the other uttered the last sentence, the pocket-book half slipped from his fingers, and several other cards fluttered onto the table.
        The Hand in the Dark
        13
        There, finding a cellar door open, he half slipped, half jumped down the high steps, turned, and pulled the heavy door shut.
        The Incredible Shrinking Man
        14
        Her walk had brought a faint, clear tint to her cheeks and her rippling dusky hair had half slipped down on her neck.
        Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
        15
        For in that unendurable instant when he hung, half slipping, to the ball of St. Paul's, the whole universe had been destroyed and re-created.
        The Ball and the Cross
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        "My maid found it half slipped under my door when she came to call me," was the reply.
        Amos Huntingdon