| 释义 |
petticoatery, -ie nonce-wd.
[f. petticoat + -ery (with punning allusion to coterie).]
A petticoated company or coterie; wearers of petticoats collectively.
1849Blackw. Mag. LXV. 680 The whole coterie (which, in this instance, is an undiluted petticoatery) assembles for consultation. 1884Punch 22 Nov. 252/1 Astounding both to the old-fashioned petticoaterie and the new-fangled divided skirtists. |