be-petticoated

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be-petticoated

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From be- + petticoat + -ed.

adjective more be-petticoated · most be-petticoated · bepetticoated

Wearing or having a petticoat. Sir,—In reference to the late calamity at the Plymouth Theatre, in a very brief time we shall have legions of be-petticoated fairies in all the inflammable muslin and Tarlatan peculiar to their spiritual appearance gambolling and sporting before us, and it may not be out of place to suggest that man
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@misc{be_petticoated_2026,
  title = {be-petticoated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/be-petticoated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}