Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a skirt.

Etymologies

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skirt +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Her gloves were persimmon suede with black satin skirtlike things flaring out at the wrists, a look for the woman whose devotion to fashion was so maniacal she was proud to look like the fourth musketeer.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • Her gloves were persimmon suede with black satin skirtlike things flaring out at the wrists, a look for the woman whose devotion to fashion was so maniacal she was proud to look like the fourth musketeer.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • He was dressed in a long skirtlike garment of black cloth -- true priest garb -- and for a girdle he wore a length of hempen rope tied in the peculiar and sinister fashion known as the "hangman's knot."

    The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen 1903

  • It is a krama, a multipurpose Cambodian garment that can be wrapped skirtlike around the waist, worn around the neck or used to carry a load.

    unknown title 2009

  • Okay, there was a coat with a crisscross closing that induced a skirtlike flare that felt neo-medieval, but otherwise, Armani is commercially astute enough to know that one item that is selling well right now is the suit, so he gave us a raft of options in his signature style: a natural shoulder, cardiganlike ease, trousers with an almost knitlike fluidity.

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2009

  • A black bikini had a studded skirt, and a white one-piece looked like a corset but also had a little skirtlike feature.

    The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS Lisa Orkin Emmanuel/ASSOCIATED PRESS 2009

  • – head might cause my pants – non-skirtlike pants!

    Even Rapunzel Cut Her Hair, Yo - Her Bad Mother 2010

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