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Below the first form were two classes called upper and lower petties.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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It is so delightful sometimes to get into dainty petties, and silk stockings, and a darling new gown, just as a matter of course!
Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Woodhouse girls went to school in petties and drawers made of material which James had destined for fair summer dresses: petties and drawers of which the little Woodhouse girls were ashamed, for all that.
The Lost Girl 1907
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Carmelina usually don't care * too* much if I'm in there with them-they often come to say hello and then just go back to eating, unless they're not hungry, in which case they'll stay for petties for a few minutes.
Bleeding Espresso 2010
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Carmelina usually don't care * too* much if I'm in there with them-they often come to say hello and then just go back to eating, unless they're not hungry, in which case they'll stay for petties for a few minutes.
Bleeding Espresso michelle 2010
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Carmelina usually don't care * too* much if I'm in there with them-they often come to say hello and then just go back to eating, unless they're not hungry, in which case they'll stay for petties for a few minutes.
Bleeding Espresso 2010
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Petties (who posts anything? and what are petties?) then my friend, you will not see much change out of 20%.
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Carmelina usually don't care * too* much if I'm in there with them-they often come to say hello and then just go back to eating, unless they're not hungry, in which case they'll stay for petties for a few minutes.
Bleeding Espresso michelle 2010
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Petties (who posts anything? and what are petties?) then my friend, you will not see much change out of 20%.
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The litigants, he said, local congsmen and donalds, kings of the arans and the dalk-eys, kings of mud and tory, even the goat king of Killorglin, were egged on by their supporters in the shape of betterwomen with bowstrung hair of Carrothagenuine ruddiness, waving crim-son petties and screaming from Isod’s towertop.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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