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A man who lives on a prostitute's earnings. Also called Sunday-man.
A shout at a girl who's petticoat was showing. Origins unknown. Caroline tells us that in the South of the USA the term used is "It's snowing down south". Strange that now girls wander around with underwear on display with no concerns at all.
Petticoat Lane is London Cockney rhyming slang for pain.
Portion of the exhaust stack that guides exhausted steam into the stack proper. When this becomes displaced, the spent steam goes back through the flues, cutting off the draft from the fire
Shimmy is slang for a woman's petticoat. Shimmy is slang for a man's shirt.Shimmy is slang for the game chemin de fer.
Charlie's dead is British slang for your underwear or petticoat is showing.
Exclam. A euphemistic warning for your petticoat or slip is showing. An expression rapidly becoming obsolete with the changing of fashion away from wearing such items.
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A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.
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A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.
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To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
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A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.
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A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
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A petticoat.
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A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
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A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.
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The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
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Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.
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A petticoat.
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A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.
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The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.
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An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
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A petticoat.
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