petticoat-wiseadv.
/ˈpɛtɪkəʊtwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɛdiˌkoʊtˌwaɪz/, /ˈpɛdəˌkoʊtˌwaɪz/ rare.
In the manner of a petticoat.
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1903 Daily Chron. 31 Mar. 10/2 Overcoats slung round the loins, petticoat-wise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1903- i wouldn't touch etc with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with the end of a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with the end of a bargepole
- i wouldn'won't say no to
- i you could go
- i you plight
- i you should be so lucky
- i you, he, etc) would gladly
- i'd like to know
- i'd like to see
- i'd like to see a person do an event occur