单词 | pettipants |
释义 | > as lemmaspettipants Designating garments combining the characteristic features or functions of a petticoat with those of some other article of clothing, as pettigown, pettipants, pettiskirt, etc. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 520 Lifting up her pettigown and folding a half sovereign into the top of her stocking. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake iv. 611 His yellow saffron pettikilt. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Aug. 9 (advt.) Generously cut to the new hem lengths..and pretty as you please, Colony Club's pettiskirt... In petal-soft Bur-Mil rayon crepe, white, pink or black. 1964 N.Y. Post 7 Oct. 13 Perfect under your swinging skirts, pettipants fashioned with a divided skirt. 1972 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 16/1 On top of this I wore a petti-blouse (which is a blouse and a petticoat). 1991 Amer. Square Dance June 87/1 (advt.) Contains newest S/D patterns; plus apparel including skirts, blouses, shirts, petticoats, pettipants. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 1 Sept. b1 Underneath she wore two corsets, a yellow skirt, a hoop skirt, three pettiskirts, bloomers and hose. < as lemmas |
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