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petticoated

[ pet-ee-koh-tid ]

adjective

  1. having or wearing a petticoat.


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Other Words From

  • under·petti·coated adjective
  • un·petti·coated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of petticoated1

First recorded in 1740–50; petticoat + -ed 3

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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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