Skirt

  • 31skirt*/*/ — [skɜːt] noun [C] I a piece of clothing for a woman or girl. It hangs from the waist and is not joined between the legs She was wearing a long skirt.[/ex] II verb skirt [skɜːt] 1) [T] to go around the edge of a place or thing They skirted the… …

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  • 32skirt — n. a woman. □ Some skirt comes up to me and asks where the police station is. □ Who’s the skirt I saw you with last night? …

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  • 33skirt — [13] Essentially skirt is the same word as shirt. It was borrowed from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as English shirt, and likewise meant etymologically ‘short garment’. It is not clear why English …

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  • 34skirt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta shirt, kirtle more at shirt Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a free hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down (2) a separate free hanging outer garment or… …

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  • 35skirt — 1. noun a) An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body. I like purple best, said Maida. And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. Its going to be lovely. Im going …

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  • 36skirt — n A girl or a woman. Hey, Rube, take a gander at the legs on that skirt over there. 1950s …

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  • 37skirt — verb 1) he skirted the city Syn: go around, walk around, circle 2) the fields that skirt the highway Syn: border, edge, flank, line, lie alongside 3) he carefully skirted the subject …

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  • 38skirt — Noun. A woman or women. Cf. bit of skirt . Derog …

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  • 39skirt — verb 1) he skirted the city Syn: go round, walk round, circle 2) the fields that skirt the park Syn: border, edge, flank, line 3) he carefully skirted round the subject …

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  • 40Skirt, Hirari — Single par AKB48 Face A Skirt, Hirari Face B Aozora no Soba ni Ite Sortie 7 juin 2006 Durée 18:18 …

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