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Definition of Pantalettes
1. Noun. A form of long underpants with a frill at the bottom of each leg ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantalettes
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantalettes
Literary usage of Pantalettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"pantalettes. An article of feminine apparel. 1846 Said traveller stated he had
seen a piano somewhere in New England with pantalettes on. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Miss Letitia Ann Thornton, a tall grown zirl in pantalettes. 1853. ... Sterry,
the pet of pantalettes, the laureate of frills. 1883. ..."
3. The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend (1845)
"I '11 go now ; give me the pantalettes;' and Fred looked as if he had an important
trust to execute. ' But if aunt Sarah should find it out,' suggested Hope ..."
4. Every where by Will Carleton (1907)
""Some seventy years ago, when I was a scholar in the old district school, every
mother's girl of us wore pantalettes. "The poem was perfect: only I missed ..."
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