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petticoat-trousers

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as petticoat-breeches.

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Examples

  • Then he put his hand to the band of her petticoat-trousers and drew it and loosed it, for his soul lusted after her, when he saw a jewel, red as dye-wood, made fast to the band.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Such was the case with Kamar al-Zaman; but as regards his wife, the Lady Budur, when she awoke she sought her husband and found him not: then she saw her petticoat-trousers undone, for the band had been loosed and the bezel lost, whereupon she said to herself,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And as soon as she was heated with wine, she put off her petticoat-trousers and lay down on her back; whereupon the bear arose and came up to her and stroked her, whilst she gave him the best of what belongeth to the sons of Adam till he had made an end, when he sat down and rested.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Next he sucked her tongue and she sucked his, and lastly, he loosed the strings of her petticoat-trousers and abated her maidenhead.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then he took a lamb and killing it, cut out the long intestine244 which he cleaned and tied up below; moreover he filled it with the blood and bound it between his thighs; after which he donned petticoat-trousers and walking boots.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • After a little, she washed him and dried him and bringing out a shift and a pair of petticoat-trousers made him put them on.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So saying, she rose and threw over her face the Lisam-veil and donned clothes such as the poorer Sufis wear, petticoat-trousers falling over her heels, and a gown of white wool with a broad girdle.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then she went out, leaving the lady in her shift and petticoat-trousers, and hid the clothes and jewels in a place on the staircase; after which she betook herself to the young merchant, whom she found impatiently awaiting the girl, and he cried, “Where is thy daughter, that I may see her?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Now he was prodigiously enamoured of this damsel; so he played with her and pulled her to him, whereupon her zone fell down and her petticoat-trousers were loosed and he besought her of amorous favour.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Ghayur, and her beauty and comeliness, she was sleeping clad in a shift of Venetian silk, without her petticoat-trousers, and wore on her head a kerchief embroidered with gold and set with stones of price: her ears were hung with twin earrings which shone like constellations and round her neck was a collar of union pearls, of size unique, past the competence of any King.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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