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petti

American  
[pet-ee] / ˈpɛt i /

noun

Informal.
  1. petticoat.

  2. pettislip.


Etymology

Origin of petti

By shortening

Example Sentences

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Many were tough veterans, evzones who had doffed their exotic petti coats and pomponed slippers to fight frost bite and Italians in Albania's wild mountains.

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