pantalet

[pan-tl-ets]

pan·ta·lets

[pan-tl-ets]
noun (used with a plural verb)
1.
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
2.
a pair of separate frilled or trimmed pieces for attaching to the legs of women's drawers.
Also, pan·ta·lettes.
Also called trousers.


Origin:
1825–35; pantal(oon) + -et + -s3

pan·ta·let·ted, adjective
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Pantalet is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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