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petticoated
[ pet-ee-koh-tid ]
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Other Words From
- under·petti·coated adjective
- un·petti·coated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of petticoated1
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Example Sentences
Petticoated porters thrust metal numbers at us so that we may be able to recognise them again and reclaim our luggage safely.
Hygiene will attract the sanitarian, the nurse, the hotel manager, trousered or petticoated.
Your own people will not own you, and no tribe of redmen would have you in their wigwams; you skulk among petticoated warriors.
But when she walks, the full-petticoated peasant woman, then the red goes flash-flash-flash, like a bird showing its colours.
A little globe, petticoated in soft silk, gave a yellow light to the walls and floor.
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