He made my husband take my best petticoat to muffle the OARS.
She, too, was clad only in a chemise and a knitted petticoat patched with bits of old cloth.
Cosette wore over a petticoat of white taffeta, her robe of Binche guipure , a veil of English point, a necklace of fine pearls, a wreath of orange flowers;
新世纪的这版词典还附上了1911年版的词典，这说明在英国人看来，neon（霓虹灯）、petticoat（衬裙）和“伤风败俗的舞蹈”theCancan（康康舞）这些词都同样值得被重视。
Her petticoat was too long.
Her feet were bare. Large holes in her petticoat permitted glimpses of her long legs and her thin knees.
There was so much blood on her red petticoat, blood on her black dress and her white veil, blood on the executioner's shoes, blood all over the floor.
"Then I'll Buy her one. I remember my mammy always said that when she went to Heaven she wanted a taffeta petticoat so stiff that it would stand by itself and so rustly that the Lord God would think it was made of angels' wings.
She put on a red petticoat first, then a black dress, and a white veil over the dress.
新世纪的这版词典还附上了1911年版的词典，这说明在英国人看来，neon(霓虹灯)、petticoat(衬裙)和“伤风败俗的舞蹈”the can can(康康舞)这些词都同样值得被重视。
"Miss Scarlett, you knows Ah ain' had no petticoat fer a month an' did Ah have one, Ah wouldn' put it on her fer nuthin'.
She stood there, in her red petticoat, with a smile on her face.
But its new centenary edition includes a copy of the 1911 version, which shows Britons thought the words neon, petticoat, and 'indecent dance' the Cancan all deserved similar recognition.
A coarse linen apron concealed the half of her petticoat.
