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Meanings of half-slip in English

Portuguese
saiote
Catalan
enagos
Spanish
guardainfante
Wikidata

Undergarment worn under a skirt.

saiote
Usage of half-slip in English
1
She stood in the bedroom doorway, still crying, pathetic in her half-slip.
The stand
2
The oral hygienist came in, wearing a pink nylon half-slip and nothing else.
The stand
3
Florence had removed her skirt and sweater and was leaning over, stepping from her half-slip.
Hell House
4
He half-climbed, half-slipped down a short ladder, rolled away from the bottom of it, lay there.
Gather, Darkness!
5
When the last hoof-beat had ceased, he half-slipped, half-sank from his saddle to the ground, and sat on a mossy boulder.
The Little Lady of the Big House
Translations for half-slip