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puffball skirt en · NOUN

Etymology

From puffball + skirt.

Meanings

  1. A skirt whose hemline curves inwards and upwards, somewhat resembling a puffball mushroom.
    • French taffeta evening separates – a puffball skirt, and a ruffled blouse – were pressed flat to drag them up to date. 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:

Forms

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Synonyms

bubble skirt

Translations (1)

ga sciorta bolgach (a skirt whose hemline curves inwards and upwards)