Underpetticoat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat. historical

    "I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […]."

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"I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […]."

Etymology

From under- + petticoat.

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