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  • noun Plural form of miniskirt.

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Examples

  • My picture book MERMADIS ON PARADE has men in miniskirts and bras, women in moustaches.

    Shoot me now. Roger Sutton 2009

  • Did they really fly long-haul in miniskirts and knee-high high-heeled boots?

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The Mexican government decked out young women in miniskirts to serve as "Olympic hostesses" to the athletes.

    Upsurge and massacre in Mexico 1968: part 2 blood at Tlatelolco 1998

  • The Mexican government decked out young women in miniskirts to serve as "Olympic hostesses" to the athletes.

    Upsurge and massacre in Mexico 1968: part 2 blood at Tlatelolco 1998

  • But clearly women who walk around in miniskirts are not exactly asking for it, and oh please God tell me you don’t think they are, but if they stayed at home and wore a back sack they might be safer.

    Matthew Yglesias » Ignorance is Bliss 2007

  • “Remember,” he said referring to the miniskirts coming into fashion around the country, “ankles are always neat, but knees are always knobby.”

    Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010

  • The government is also concerned about women wearing miniskirts, which is seen as promoting immorality and prostitution as well as distracting drivers and causing motor accidents, Nsaba Buturo said.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2008

  • Charles Perry describes the hippie wardrobe of the Haight-Ashbury in early 1965 as consisting of "mod" and British Invasion fashions, such as miniskirts and Beatles-style pudding-basin haircuts, mixed with vintage clothing from thrift shops, with which wearers affected Edwardian airs. 25

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

  • For the ladies, no sexy, convention-flaunting attire such as miniskirts and see-thru blouses without underwear.

    100 Ways to Disappear and Live Free from Eden Press and Struct Def 1985

  • For now it's just Bours and a single employee who stitch together the whimsical pieces, such as miniskirts made of layers of skinny lace, and jewel-colored, shantung silk bubble dresses cinched with wide, obi-style belts.

    unknown title 2009

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