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Word entry · 9 letters

petticoat

Best crossword clue

"Skirt underlayer"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/Part of speech nounSorted aceioptttStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2E3T4T5I6C7O8A9T

Definitions

  1. undergarment worn under a skirt

Word origin

From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.

Used in a sentence

  • petticoat influence
  • a petticoat affair
  • Phœb[us]. Know you the Reaſon of this preſent Summons? […] / Merc[ury]. And Venus may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs.

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