skirt Idioms & Phrases
ballet skirt
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noun very short skirt worn by ballerinas
tutu.
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full skirt
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noun a long skirt gathered at the waist
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gathered skirt
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noun a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist
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grass skirt
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noun a skirt made of long blades of grass
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hobble skirt
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noun a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914
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Hoop skirt
- a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; called also
hoop petticoat .
Webster 1913
skirt chaser
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noun a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
masher; wolf; woman chaser.
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skirt of tasses
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noun armor plate that protects the body below the waist
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skirting board
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noun a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
baseboard; mopboard.
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