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hobble skirt
noun
- a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
hobble skirt
noun
- a long skirt, popular between 1910 and 1914, cut so narrow at the ankles that it hindered walking
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hobble skirt1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
You know about as much of a motor boat as a pig knows of the hobble skirt.
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And there was a very successful tall miss in a narrow hobble-skirt of black satin and a toque with ospreys.
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The sarong is scant and reminds one strongly of the hobble-skirt, as no Malay is able to take a full stride in it.
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She declines to wear a hobble-skirt; but decline or not, she hobbles through life.
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