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pantalettes, -lets, n. pl. (rarely in sing.) Chiefly U.S.|pæntəˈlɛts|
Also (in sing.) pantelette.
[Dim. formation after pantaloon: see -ette.]
a. Loose drawers or ‘trousers’ with a frill at the bottom of each leg, worn by young girls c 1825–53; transf. euphemistically to drawers, trousers (see bloomer), cycling ‘knickerbockers’, or the like, worn by women.
1834Knickerbocker IV. 117 In the first place, in their blushing girlhood, they assume the pantalettes, or little pantaloons. 1838Southern Lit. Messenger IV. 28/1 Two pretty sisters, in pantalettes, waited on table. 1847Porter Big Bear 104 (Farmer) If I hadn't a had on pantalets. 1857Reade Course True Love II. ii. 133 The company..were very severe on this [Bloomer] costume, and proceeded upwards from the pantalettes to the morals of the inventor. 1879Lond. Soc. Christm. No. 51/2 You are only fit for a pinafore and pantalettes. 1881in Mrs. Power O'Donoghue Ladies on Horsebk. v. 316 [Mexican horsewomen], clad in loose Turkish pantalettes tucked into the riding-boots of soft yellow leather. 1882Standard 19 Sept. 5/2 Dr. Mary Walker lectured..in ‘pantalettes’. 1887J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel 229, Song of School-girls, Come the dainty dimpled pets, With their tresses all in nets, And their peeping pantalettes Just in view. 1887in Girl's Own Paper 8 Oct. 19/3. 1888 N. & Q. 7th Ser. VI. 390. 1897 Daily News 30 Aug. 5/7 There are very pretty possibilities with a short skirt and pantalette [for the bicycle]. 1922Joyce Ulysses 528 The scanty, daringly short skirt, riding up at the knee to show a peep of white pantelette, is a potent weapon. 1975R. Player Let's talk of Graves iii. 78 Little girls in pantalettes bowled their hoops.
b. transf. The frills used to adorn certain joints when brought to the table.
1883Harper's Mag. July 246/1 The paper pantalets which adorn the broiled lamb chop.
Hence pantaˈletted a., dressed in pantalettes.
1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys i, A child of seven, sashed, pantaletted and bronze-booted. 1880World 31 Mar. 12 The short-frocked pantaletted contingent [of girls]. |