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prairie skirt

American  

noun

  1. 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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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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