pencil skirt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pencil skirt
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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That week, she threw on a pencil skirt and “cringey blouse,” a costume from playing a secretary in a TV movie, and read for the part of Emily Charlton again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Gigi Hadid led models on the runway dressed in a black pencil skirt and power-shouldered blazer.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
Supermodel Gigi Hadid opened the show in a black, hourglass jacket and knee-length pencil skirt, a sleek tailored look that gradually segued to more glittery ensembles.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
She’s also dressed in a silky purple top, a purple pencil skirt, and a perfectly white cowboy hat with matching boots in a sea of T-shirts and jeans.
From The Verge ● Jun. 10, 2022
And there she comes, strawberry-haired Nancy Drew, the girl sleuth, so American and so sure of herself, wearing a round collared blouse and a pencil skirt, wielding her magnifying glass.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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