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▪ I. ˈskirty, a. Linc. [f. skirt n.] (See quots.)
1851Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. i. 282 These fens..being ‘skirty’, i.e. a mixture of peat and alluvial silt or clay, forming a deep black loam. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 490 The fen land adjoining the hard lands partaking of the characters of both, is called skirty land. ▪ II. skirty, n. colloq.|ˈskɜːtɪ| [f. skirt n. + -y6.] A skirt or underskirt.
1922Joyce Ulysses 47 A woman and a man. I see her skirties. Pinned up, I bet. 1977Sounds 9 July 18/2 I'd like to dirty up Their little skirties up. |