Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
spatterdashes .
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- noun Plural form of
splatterdash .
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Examples
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From the calf down, they were buttoned with white metal buttons, and came over the feet like splatterdashes.
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He wore a black coat, rather worn than old, which hung in tatters, a very fine but dirty shirt, frayed ruffles; a pair of splatterdashes so large that he could have put both legs into either of them, and, to secure himself from the snow, a little hat, only fit to be carried under his arm.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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He wore a black coat, rather worn than old, which hung in tatters, a very fine but dirty shirt, frayed ruffles; a pair of splatterdashes so large that he could have put both legs into either of them, and, to secure himself from the snow, a little hat, only fit to be carried under his arm.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 03 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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He wore a black coat, rather worn than old, which hung in tatters, a very fine but dirty shirt, frayed ruffles; a pair of splatterdashes so large that he could have put both legs into either of them, and, to secure himself from the snow, a little hat, only fit to be carried under his arm.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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