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miniskirt

[ min-ee-skurt ]

noun

  1. a very short skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending several inches above the knee.


miniskirt

/ ˈmɪnɪˌskɜːt /

noun

  1. a very short skirt, originally in the 1960s one at least four inches above the knee Often shortened tomini
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈminiˌskirted, adjective
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Other Words From

  • mini·skirted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of miniskirt1

First recorded in 1960–65; mini(ature) + skirt
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Example Sentences

Instead, they were faced with the “youthquake” and miniskirts and Mary Quant.

She carefully replaces the miniskirt under the flat, heavy stone, ready for tomorrow night.

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Think of maximalist Madonna, throwing a miniskirt over textured leggings, becoming one of the prime evangelists of that look.

Princess Anne, on the other hand, actually sports some miniskirts.

From Fortune

She showed off her long legs in a miniskirt and platform heels.

Earlier this week, 24-year-old Princess Beatrice partied at Bodo's in a tight, leather miniskirt.

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi is just a student in a miniskirt looking for adventure when she first visits Italy.

The denim miniskirt was walking out with one of the gents, a drunk in a suit.

Once an anti-shah activist in a miniskirt, Zahrah Rahnavard is now a feminist in a chador.

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