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Meanings of short petticoat in English

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Usage of short petticoat in English
1
The sufferer wore nothing but a short petticoat of coarse light-blue stuff.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 02
2
They were painted white and wore nothing but a short petticoat.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
3
Will you have a short petticoat and a waist-cloth again, Moll?
A Set of Rogues / Namely Christopher Sutton, John Dawson, the Se...
4
Miss Upton's regimentals consisted of ample and billowy apron effects over a short petticoat.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
5
The kilt of the old time resembled indeed the short petticoat now worn by savage peoples.
Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
6
She was in a short petticoat, with her legs and arms bare and her little feet in slippers.
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
7
The Malay rover was clad in a thin loose red jacket, a short petticoat or kilt, and yellow trousers.
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
8
Then it was Amanda leapt into his world, a light, tall figure of a girl, fluttering a short petticoat.
The Research Magnificent
9
Except in the boreal areas the breech-clout was nearly universal with men, and the cincture or short petticoat with women.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
10
The women of the poorer classes are garbed in a short petticoat, usually red or blue, and a loose shirt.
Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to C...
11
Near the furthest hut in the hamlet stood a peasant woman in a short petticoat, with long thin legs like a heron.
The Bishop and Other Stories
12
Her shoes displayed broad buckles of brass, and her short petticoat showed a pair of stout ankles enclosed in red clocked stockings.
The Golden Dog
13
The natives were a well-looking people, of a dark colour, the men being almost naked, but the women wore a short petticoat.
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
14
When Molly Bawn was in short petticoats he used to adore her.
Molly Bawn
15
You've hardly changed at all since we remember you in short petticoats.
A Great Emergency and Other Tales
16
Beneath the mantles they wore short petticoats of soft white material.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
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