单词 | hoop-skirt |
释义 | > as lemmashoop-skirt hoop-skirt n. = hoop-petticoat n.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underskirt > stiffened or expanded hoop-petticoat1711 hooped petticoat1712 crinoline1847 hoop-skirt1857 Malakoff1861 1857 ‘K. R. Ockside’ & ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Hist. & Rec. Elephant Club 193 Lady with hoop-skirt hails the driver. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1118/2 The modern hoop-skirt is formed of braid-covered flat steel-wire hoops, united by tapes and shaped upon a former. 1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus I. 735 The hoop-skirt gradually waned until the opposite extreme was reached. 1896 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 15 Aug. We have raked the old ash heap of failure..and found an old human hoop skirt who has failed as a business man. 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 19 July 1 Populism was a ‘hoopskirt’ article of statesmanship. 1916 E. Pound Lustra 54 You're a very depleted fashion, A hoop-skirt, a calash. < as lemmas |
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