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Meanings of silken skirts in English

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Usage of silken skirts in English
1
The sound of it was like the soft drawing of silken skirts.
The Lovely Lady
2
Again sounded the rattle of the curling-irons and the rustling of silken skirts.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
3
The Story Girl curtsied until her silken skirts swept the floor.
The Story Girl
4
She rocked, with a benignly triumphant expression, and a complacent rustle of silken skirts.
Harriet and the Piper
5
At the end the woman rustled her silken skirts disdainfully, and rose to her feet.
In Friendship's Guise
6
She carefully gathered up her grey silken skirts from the dusty floor and walked out.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
7
In a brief half-hour the frou-frou of her silken skirts was once more sweeping the court-yard.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
8
An immense rustling of silken skirts, and an overwhelming odour of the latest Bond Street perfume.
A Lost Leader
9
She gathered her silken skirts deftly about her young, smooth limbs-listened ,andglided into a sidehall.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
10
My silken skirts itched me, damp.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
11
Her rapid footfall could be heard on the stairs, and the rustle of her silken skirts against the banisters.
Caught in the Net
12
Mary Agatha grew pink as Mr. Bryan waved in a slender lady with trailing silken skirts and reproachful eyes.
Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart
13
And the rustle of silken skirts heralded the departure of the ladies away from the hedge and beyond Paul's hearing.
One Day / A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
14
She might have boasted that nine-and-twenty silken skirts might have been produced in her chamber, each fit to stand alone.
Barchester Towers
15
Suddenly there came a sharp footstep and the rustle of a woman's silken skirts across the stone flags behind her.
Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
16
In fact, he said exactly three words, uttered as Miss Margaret's silken skirts swung too near a pot of varnish.
Stories of a Western Town
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Silken skirts across language varieties
United Kingdom
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