petticoatless

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English

Etymology

From petticoat +‎ -less.

Adjective

petticoatless (not comparable)

  1. Without a petticoat.
    • 1988, Phyllis Lee Levin, Abigail Adams: A Biography:
      Though she consoled herself that the petticoatless performers, both male and female, were well clad underneath with "draws," she regretted the loss of "delicacy, modesty and diffidence" involved in the entire presentation.