petticoat
Example Sentences
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A section backstage is filled with racks of elaborate early 19th century gowns, jackets, trousers, corsets, petticoats, socks, shoes, hats, suits and more.
From Los Angeles Times
She yells, stomps her feet and raises her hoop skirt and petticoat to scandalous heights.
From Salon
Cerezo dresses De la Huerta in a white petticoat and matching corset until she tosses off the top and demands total silence.
From Los Angeles Times
If untended, it has below the green top what some people call “petticoats” of dead leaves, but I think they look like those furry chaps that silent movie cowboys used to wear.
From Los Angeles Times
Their bodies were their canvases, which they bedecked in feather boas, tutus, corsets, Victorian petticoats, Edwardian frock coats, wigs, wings, headdresses, ribbons, sequins, rhinestones, satin, face paint and an abundance of glitter.
From New York Times
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