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Definition of Hoopskirt
1. Noun. A skirt stiffened with hoops.
Definition of Hoopskirt
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hoop skirt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoopskirt
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoopskirt
Literary usage of Hoopskirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Goblins and Pagodas by John Gould Fletcher (1916)
"THE hoopskirt In the night when all are sleeping, Up here a tiny old dame comes
tripping, Looking for her lost hoopskirt. My great 'grandaunt — I never saw ..."
2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Fire Underwriters Association (1898)
""There being no help for it," added the General (blushing as he added it), "I
put on that hoopskirt and got into bed, and the wind whistled through the ..."
3. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"Then there were raps and loud blows all over the house and Emily called out in
great fright that a hoopskirt that hung on the wall was whirling all over the ..."
4. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich County of Fairfield and State of by Spencer Percival Mead, Daniel M. Mead (1911)
"At the time hoop- skirts were in the height of fashion, 1859 to 1868, this mill
was kept busy making hoopskirt wire. After the passing of the hoopskirt the ..."
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