balmoral

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Wore brass toed shoes and balmoral stockin’s in my gal time.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

Lady Ouseley frequently had the honor of being escorted by the President in her afternoon walks, sometimes attended by her daughter, who wore the first crimson balmoral petticoat seen in Washington.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

She looped her brown cloth skirt over her balmoral petticoat, tied a veil round her small hat and set forth.

From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

For underwear, we wore balmoral petticoats and osnaburg drawers.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

Honey, dem old balmoral petticoats was some sight, but dey was sho warm as hell.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration