| 单词 | petticoated |
| 例句 | Tia Alicia appeared in a petticoated dress, carrying a parasol against the mild winter sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cincinnati Times-Star found them hilarious, remarking that “not even an aviator could equal the antics of the petticoated elevator artists.” | The Martha Washington Hotel, a Hassle-Free Haven 2012-06-30T01:30:38Z But they continued, did these same refractory females, to overcome obstacles, leap social hurdles, make mock of antique taboos, and otherwise disport themselves as if they were free individuals, and not petticoated with absurd prejudices. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The church of San Juan de Dios, not far off, is filled with tawdry rubbish, petticoated crucifixes, etc. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z In plain words, they one and all persuaded him to marry; and they one and all had a petticoated friend who would just suit him. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But the gamin was petticoated and the burlesque scenes set in a comedy. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z In 1912, when the Children's Bureau was established at Washington, we might have expected that one of the women constituents of the petticoated West would be placed at its head. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z When a boy outgrows it and is privileged to put on trousers, it is a proud day for him, for he ceases to be a mere petticoated "malrach" and becomes a "gossure." The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z A little globe, petticoated in soft silk, gave a yellow light to the walls and floor. Whispering Wires Destiny having decided that I shall walk through life petticoated, weighed down by the entire range of disabilities connected with German petticoats, I will waste no time arguing. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen There is indeed rather a superabundance of Queens, as we have seen," said Etienne, "but he who pushes about all the pieces is doubtless the petticoated old rogue himself. The Firebrand Hygiene will attract the sanitarian, the nurse, the hotel manager, trousered or petticoated. The Women of Tomorrow But the more he had to tell, the older he appeared to the petticoated sex. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Seen from a distance this white painted monastery, standing sharply out from the gray background of the rocks, with all these whirling, petticoated wheels, produce a strange effect in this dead country. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Nothing is too high or too low to become an object of consideration to these female Teufelsdröcks, petticoated professors of "the science of things in general." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Nehemiah as a petticoated romance was too tickling. Ghetto Comedies It was, according to my petticoated Herodotus, a truly terrible fight. The Prairie Child The truth is, I cannot agree to be taken, any more than the little petticoated planet above your head can kick off her diadem of light. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance I’m no petticoated Paul Peel, but I can see enough beauty in the curves of that velvety body to lift it up and bite it on its promptly protesting little flank. The Prairie Mother He saw the two petticoated figures start running up the beach towards him, Stonor. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Largely petticoated was it, for o’daytimes man must be busy at his office that woman may have this privilege of going shopping. Jewel Weed Such was the creed inculcated by the priests, and devoutly entertained by their petticoated penitents—that is to say, by every Christian woman in the Peninsula. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 One interesting group of Rebel petticoated humanity standing in front of premises that would not have passed inspection by one of our Pennsylvania Dutch housewives, held their noses by way of showing contempt. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac She stretched out her hands—a small, petticoated Balboa—to the world she had discovered. The Madigans About fifty men stood packed there in a steam of breath around the guns—the most of them Canadians and British militiamen, with a sprinkling of petticoated sailors. Fort Amity The Easterner despises the man who cannot eat his dinner without a fork or other implement, and who cannot tuck his legs beneath him, infinitely more than ill-informed Westerners despise petticoated men and shrouded women. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The modest virgin, the prudent wife, or the careful matron, are much more serviceable in life, than petticoated philosophers, blustering heroines, or virago queens. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age Suddenly a petticoated figure came flying down the sidewalk from the store. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest It is not to be wondered at that both Cretans and Turks were a little alarmed at the sight of these brawny, petticoated soldiers. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls November saw Fifth Avenue a-glitter with uniforms, and one third of them seemed to be petticoated. Half Portions And there was a gas droplight thickly petticoated with fringed red silk. Etiquette Through his boyhood and school days, Field's affection for the petticoated sex had been tempered by an irresistible impulse to tease all the daughters of Eve. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 When I looked aloft, and saw those petticoated beings toiling in the terrible heat, I thought it a pity that there was no society to protect women as well as horses from being cruelly overworked. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine There was a great deal of talk among the neighbors, particularly the petticoated ones, about what they called the witchcraft of Maule's eye. House of the Seven Gables I might have been Sir Philip before this, and had his Majesty's commission in my pocket, but for this petticoated skeleton which warns off pleasure and promotion. In the Valley So the complimenting monsieur came, and there kissed the petticoated lads with great formality. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 The Vicar of Wakefield," who says: "The modest virgin, the prudent wife, and the careful matron, are much more serviceable in life than petticoated philosophers, blustering heroines, or virago queens. The Book of Household Management That was natural; but to have a petticoated young person infesting your house, hourly, was as preposterous as ice-cream soda at breakfast. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The quiet good ladies were multiplied: they were 'the thousands of their sisters, petticoated or long-coated or buck-skinned; comfortable annuitants under clerical shepherding, close upon outnumbering the labourers they paralyze at home and stultify abroad.' One of Our Conquerors — Complete And they do say," he was observing; "that Wauchope was light in his mind—fey, them piping, petticoated Scotchmen calls it—the night before his death. On the Firing Line Your own people will not own you, and no tribe of redmen would have you in their wigwams; you skulk among petticoated warriors. The Deerslayer Against this rises the tottering fortress of the ultra-masculine, abetted by a petty handful of witless traitors—those petticoated creatures who also see in women nothing but their sex. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Calvinist Chapel," before whose shuttered windows an Italian organ-grinder with a petticoated monkey was playing "Dolly Grey-" "Yes. Actions and Reactions Lona: Chiefly to annoy the petticoated and trousered prudes that one met at every turn in the town. Pillars of Society In fact, in this petticoated wretch you see a type of the nation of Cingalese. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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