Usually means: Fluffy, layered skirt for girls.
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  1. pettiskirt: Merriam-Webster
  2. pettiskirt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pettiskirt: Wiktionary
  4. pettiskirt: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. pettiskirt: Dictionary.com
  6. pettiskirt: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pettiskirt)

▸ noun:  A kind of skirt modelled on old-fashioned petticoats.

Similar:
petticoat, skirt, underpetticoat, peticote, underskirt, under-petticoat, placket, pelmet skirt, coat, kirtle, more...

Opposite:
pants, trousers, shorts

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Similar:
petticoat, skirt, underpetticoat, peticote, underskirt, under-petticoat, placket, pelmet skirt, coat, kirtle, more...

Opposite:
pants, trousers, shorts



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