OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3030

skirt

/skɜːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enaguas • falda • pollera • saya
A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
"I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band…
enaguas • falda • pollera • saya
A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder b…
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