单词 | petticoat maker |
释义 | > as lemmaspetticoat maker petticoat maker n. now rare a maker of petticoats; (formerly) spec. †a maker of farthingales (obsolete). ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Peticote maker, indusiarius. 1783 R. Ainsworth Thes. Ling. Lat. Compend. A pettycoat maker, indusiorum, muliebrium opisex. 1881 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 675/2 They are evidently only a petticoat-maker's second thought. 1995 Daily Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 4 June She fluttered the hearts of petticoat makers, lace salesmen and net weavers. < as lemmas |
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