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pencil skirt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛnsəl skɜːt/

Etymology

From pencil + skirt, referring to its shape.

Meanings

1. A slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.
   • For a long while I said any girl could get through round one of MasterChef simply by turning up in a pencil skirt and making a fried Nutella sandwich with condensed milk and an expression that says, "I like older men with no hair". 2011 February 12, Grace Dent, The Guardian:
   • And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt. 2004 November 1, Kate Betts, “Into the Wild”, in Time:
   • Anna decided to wear a black pencil skirt with her blue blouse that day to work.

Forms

Deriveds

pencil-skirted

Translations (13)

nl kokerrok (very narrow skirt) · sv pennkjol (very narrow skirt) · es pollera tubo (very narrow skirt) · es falda lápiz (very narrow skirt) · pt saia lápis (very narrow skirt) · fr jupe-crayon (very narrow skirt) · es falda de tubo (very narrow skirt) · de Bleistiftrock (very narrow skirt) · cmn 鉛筆裙 /铅笔裙 (very narrow skirt) · pt saia tubo (very narrow skirt) · bg тясна пола (very narrow skirt) · nl potloodrok (very narrow skirt) · ca faldilla de llapis (very narrow skirt)