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pettipants
[pet-ee-pants]
noun
(used with a plural verb)
close-fitting, dress-length panties, sometimes trimmed with lace or ruffles on the legs.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pettipants1
First recorded in 1960–65; petti(coat) + pants
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Example Sentences
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“The other clubs like traditional square dance clothing with crinolines and pettipants and all that mess.”
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California's doughty little interstate line, Pacific Southwest Airline, dresses its girls in a celery-green miniskirt, with hot-orange peekaboo pettipants.
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