Synonyms for petticoat

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pet-ee-koht

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛt iˌkoʊt

Définition of petticoat

Origin : early 15c., pety coote, literally "a small coat," from petty + coat (n.). Originally a padded coat worn by men under armor, applied mid-15c. to a garment worn by women and young children. By 1590s, the typical feminine garment, hence a symbol of female sex or character.
Men declare that the petticoatless female has unsexed herself and has left her modesty behind. ["Godey's Magazine," April 1896]

noun underwear

Example sentences :

This is my dress, and there's a petticoat and stockings to match it.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Indecent, if you ask me, with not a petticoat under it, I'll be bound!
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

You see it is impossible for him to stop in here with you for ever, as if he was sewn on to your petticoat.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

But she soon laid it down on the work-table, between a petticoat and a bundle of shirts.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

So the day of the petticoat politician is not over in Italy yet?
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

But sink me now if I'd rot myself in rum on account of anything that wears a petticoat.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Would she not condescend to wear a few gems in her petticoat?
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

Well, there was a skirt, a petticoat, some stockings and other things.
Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown

She made one petticoat, and then gently appealed to her husband.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

It's a pity this kind of thing can't be worked without a petticoat.
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

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