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Definition: Petticoat |
PetticoatNoun1. Undergarment worn under a skirt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "petticoat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing new petticoats, denotes that pride in your belongings will make you an object of raillery among your acquaintances. To see them soiled or torn, portends that your reputation will be in great danger. If a young woman dream that she wears silken, or clean, petticoats, it denotes that she will have a doting, but manly husband. If she suddenly perceives that she has left off her petticoat in dressing, it portends much ill luck and disappointment. To see her petticoat falling from its place while she is at some gathering, or while walking, she will have trouble in retaining her lover, and other disappointments may follow. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Petticoat A woman. "There's a petticoat will prove to be the cause of this."- Hawley Smart: Struck Down, chap. xi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Transportation | A sleeve so pleated as to leave a clear passage when collapsed. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: PetticoatSynonyms: half-slip (n), underskirt (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Underclothes, underpants, undershirt; slip, brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle; (circle); stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock, athletic supporter, jockstrap. |
Government | Gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy; petticoat government. |
Unskillfulness | Mismanagement, misconduct; impolicy; maladministration; misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance; petticoat government. |
Woman | Noun: woman, she, her, female, petticoat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Petticoat |
| English words defined with "petticoat": crinoline ♦ embarrassing ♦ Hoop skirt ♦ Juppon ♦ mortifying ♦ Petticoat government, Petticoat pipe, petticoated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "petticoat": Farthingalo ♦ High Falutin ♦ MISH TOPPER ♦ Petticoat, Petticoat and Gown, PETTICOAT HOLD, PETTICOAT PENSIONER ♦ suffrage. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Petticoat" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (petticoat). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Petticoat Junction (1963) The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) Petticoat Larceny (1943) A Petticoat Pilot (1918) Out of the Petticoat Lane (1914) | |
Song Titles | Petticoat Junction (performing artist: Lester & Earl Scruggs Flatt) | |
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 | The modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat / E. Delaney del. ; Cruickshank scp.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Petticoat Lane, Kansas City, Mo.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lord Byron | The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I like you better taken by a petticoat, Lord! |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. Refusal to do so has the bad name of "incivism." The incivilian, however, cannot be properly arraigned for his crime, for there is no legitimate accuser. If the accuser is himself guilty he has no standing in the court of opinion; if not, he profits by the crime, for A's abstention from voting gives greater weight to the vote of B. By female suffrage is meant the right of a woman to vote as some man tells her to. It is based on female responsibility, which is somewhat limited. The woman most eager to jump out of her petticoat to assert her rights is first to jump back into it when threatened with a switching for misusing them. |
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| "Petticoat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.54% of the time. "Petticoat" is used about 97 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.54% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.46% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 97 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "petticoat": be always after a petticoat ♦ be under petticoat government ♦ hoop petticoat ♦ petticoat chaser ♦ petticoat government ♦ petticoat pipe. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "petticoat": petticoat-ridden. | |
Ending with "petticoat": hoop-petticoat, red-petticoat, under-petticoat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
petticoat | 497 | frilly petticoat | 10 |
petticoat punishment | 246 | in man petticoat | 9 |
discipline petticoat | 161 | boy petticoat | 9 |
petticoat junction | 157 | petticoat story | 9 |
petticoat pond | 123 | pantie petticoat | 9 |
boy in petticoat | 25 | girl petticoat | 8 |
operation petticoat | 23 | petticoat dress | 8 |
art petticoat punishment | 22 | discipline petticoat story | 8 |
creek petticoat | 20 | boy petticoat punishment | 7 |
bridal petticoat | 18 | cross dresser petticoat | 7 |
petticoat training | 17 | in petticoat pretty | 7 |
petticoat punishment story | 17 | wedding petticoat | 6 |
discipline monthly petticoat | 17 | maid petticoat skirt | 6 |
petticoat picture | 14 | monthly petticoat | 6 |
betty jo junction petticoat | 13 | cross dressing petticoat | 6 |
crinoline petticoat | 13 | 1950s petticoat | 6 |
art erotic petticoat punishment | 12 | boy petticoat training | 6 |
slip petticoat | 12 | petticoat lane | 6 |
petticoat sissy | 11 | fluffy petticoat | 6 |
gallery petticoat punishment | 10 | square dance petticoat | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "petticoat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhupon (hoop skirt), vajzë (babe, chicken, child, colleen, damsel, daughter, demoiselle, female, gal, girl, girlie, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, puss, unmarried girl, wench), këmishë nate (chemise, night gown, nightdress, night-robe, nightshirt, nighty, shirt), fund (back, base, bed, bottom, death, decease, decline, doom, end, ending, epilogue, extremity, finality, finish, foot, foundation, ground, Omega, quietus, rock bottom, skirt, sole, stub, tag, tail, tailpiece, terminal, termination), femrash (feminine), femëror (feminine, girls', Judy, muliebrity, woman, womanlike, womanly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنورة تحتية (undercoat, underskirt), تنورة داخلية, العازل الكأسي, ثوب نسائي, شىء كالتنورة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фустанела (filibeg, kilt), фуста (placket, skirt, underskirt), женски (female, feminine, lady, pistillate, woman, womanish), жена (female, frail, gin, heifer, hen, lady, lay, muslin, piece, placket, rib, skirt, woman), долна фуста. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 襯裙 , 衬裙. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spodnièka (underskirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | underskoert, skoert (friable, skirt), bøsning (bush, bushing, collar, dog, jack, nipple, sleeve, sliding dog, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onderrok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | subjupo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هرچیزی شبیه شلیته , زیرپیراهنی زنانه , زیرپوش زنانه (Lingerie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alushame (slip, underskirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jupon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unterrock (slip, underskirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεσοφόρι (skirt, slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכנסית (jockstrap, slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alsószoknya (petty, placket, underskirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sottoveste (slip), sottogonna (underskirt), sottana (jupon, soutane, underskirt), manica (arm, bunch, gang, sleeve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ペスト菌 (pedal, pedantic, pedantism, pedantry, pessary, pet, PET bottle, pet name, petticoat government, petting, petunia, plague bacillus), スラム街 (bunting on two strikes, bust-waist-hip measurements, slalom, sleep, sleeve, slim, slimmer, slip, slippers, slit, slum quarters, slump, slurry, three-piece suit, three-wheeled bicycle, vital statistics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ペチコート , スリップ (slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oanrey, bwoirrin (effeminate, female, feminine, femininistic, ladylike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | piik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | underskjørt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etticoatpay halka. (various references) saiote, anágua. (various references) jupã, izolator-clopot, fustiţã, fustã (skirt), femeie (female, feme, she, woman, womenfolk), combinezon (chemise, combination, slip), cãmãşuţã. (various references) нижняя юбка (half slip, underskirt). (various references) podsuknja, donja suknja (underskirt), žipon. (various references) mujer (dame, inamorata, love, sister, wife, woman), fuelle (bellows, blower), enaguas (underskirt). (various references) underklänning (slip), underkjol (petty, underskirt). (various references) supap kapağı, kombinezon (chemise, shift, shimmy), kadın (broad, Dame, distaff, female, gyno-, gynous, hen, Jane, lady, lady's, she, woman), jüpon (underskirt), iç eteği, eksik etek (bit, skirt). (various references) спідниця (skirt). (various references) váy lót đàn bà, dưới quyền của phụ nữ, con gái (cummer, daughter, frail, maid, skirt). (various references) pais (coat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | sati. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "petticoat": petticoated, petticoats. (additional references) | |
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"Petticoat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pettitcoat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "petticoat" (pronounced pe"tēkō't) |
| 3 | -k ō' t | overcoat, raincoat, redcoat, turncoat, undercoat. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-o-p-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: ectopia. | |
-3 letters: atopic, capote, cattie, cottae, opiate, pattie, poetic, ptotic, tattie, teapot, tipcat, tiptoe, toecap. | |
-4 letters: attic, coapt, coati, cotta, epact, octet, optic, patio, petit, petti, petto, picot, pieta, tacet, tacit, tecta, topic. | |
-5 letters: atop, cape, capo, cate, ciao, cite, coat, cope, cote, epic, etic, iota, otic, pace, pact, pate, peat, pica, pice, pita. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-o-p-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: petticoats. | |
+2 letters: petticoated. | |
+5 letters: hepatotoxicity, prettification. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 74 74 69 63 6F 61 74 |
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