hobble skirt

noun

: a skirt constricted at the bottom

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Taliesin was built when cars still resembled motorized carriages, when women wore hobble skirts, and men wore lounge suits. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024 One woman, slowed down by her fashionable hobble skirt was unable to get out of the way in time and was tragically trampled to death. Serah-Marie McMahon, Teen Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hobble skirt was in 1911

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“Hobble skirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hobble%20skirt. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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