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- noun Plural form of
underskirt .
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Examples
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She is late to the church, hampered not by the 20 hooped underskirts comprising the bulk of her 700lb dress or the nappies designed – unsuccessfully – to stop the thing hurting her but by the tardy arrival of her tiara.
TV review: My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas; Money; and Imagine: Books - the Last Chapter? 2011
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"Then, with a deep ten-ounce ladle, I pushed down in the center, and the tortilla came up around the bowl like the long dress and underskirts of a Victorian woman who had fallen, fully clothed, into a lake, her skirts billowing up around her heavy sinking body."
Book review: 'Blood, Bones & Butter' delectable when chef Hamilton's in charge 2011
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Caroline stripped me of warm underskirts and sleeves the moment we lost sight of Liverpool the day before, turning from respected elder and chaperone to violent bully as the door latched in our cabin.
The wrecking of the 'Tayleur' Gill Hoffs 2011
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"Then, with a deep ten-ounce ladle, I pushed down in the center, and the tortilla came up around the bowl like the long dress and underskirts of a Victorian woman who had fallen, fully clothed, into a lake, her skirts billowing up around her heavy sinking body."
Book review: 'Blood, Bones & Butter' delectable when chef Hamilton's in charge 2011
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She would have an entire wardrobe devoted just to the underskirts he would buy her—and she would wear them.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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And now that he considered it, the thinness of her gowns drew attention to her shocking lack of underskirts.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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And now that he considered it, the thinness of her gowns drew attention to her shocking lack of underskirts.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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She would have an entire wardrobe devoted just to the underskirts he would buy her—and she would wear them.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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She would have an entire wardrobe devoted just to the underskirts he would buy her—and she would wear them.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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And now that he considered it, the thinness of her gowns drew attention to her shocking lack of underskirts.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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