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prairie skirt

American

noun

a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.

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prairie skirt

I was wearing a long skirt; Mom had collected my grandmother’s quilt pieces and made a prairie skirt for me the year before.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2018

Leather is expensive: a Lauren prairie skirt costs $1,000; a leather blazer from Yves St. Laurent also carries a $1,000 tag.

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