skirtyn.
/ˈskəːti/ colloquial.
A skirt or underskirt.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underskirt
wyliecoat1544
petticoata1616
under-petticoat1625
undercoat1740
dicky1753
slip1825
under-skirt1861
skirt1862
foundation1893
blouse slip1907
petti1915
skirty1922
slip-dress1964
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt
gorea1250
coat1393
skirta1400
placket1547
vasquine1553
petticoata1586
vascay1609
jupe1825
jupon1851
skirty1922
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 46 A woman and a man. I see her skirties. Pinned up, I bet.
1977 Sounds 9 July 18/2 I'd like to dirty up Their little skirties up.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
skirtyadj.
Lincolnshire.
(See quots.)
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > organic > loam > silt-loam
skirty1851
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 i. 282 These fens..being ‘skirty’, i.e. a mixture of peat and alluvial silt or clay, forming a deep black loam.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 490 The fen land adjoining the hard lands partaking of the characters of both, is called skirty land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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