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Overskirt   Listen
noun
Overskirt  n.  An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.






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"Overskirt" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a wide collar, several rows of fringe, much needle-work (and corresponding waste of time upon so hideous a garment), and of a length sufficient to reach below the waist, and so completely hide and spoil the wearer's generally fine figure. Then came a short overskirt, extending a little below the knees, and beneath which appeared the fair senora or senorita's most unfeminine pantaloons, which, being carefully tied above the ankle in a frill, were allowed to fully display that treasure of treasures, that ...
— The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 - A Typographic Art Journal • Various



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