She put on a red petticoat first, then a black dress, and a white veil over the dress.
But its new centenary edition includes a copy of the 1911 version, which shows Britons thought the words neon, petticoat, and 'indecent dance' the Cancan all deserved similar recognition.
Her petticoat was too long.
Her feet were bare. Large holes in her petticoat permitted glimpses of her long legs and her thin knees.
There was so much blood on her red petticoat, blood on her black dress and her white veil, blood on the executioner's shoes, blood all over the floor.
A coarse linen apron concealed the half of her petticoat.
"Miss Scarlett, you knows Ah ain' had no petticoat fer a month an' did Ah have one, Ah wouldn' put it on her fer nuthin'.
"Then I'll buy her one. I remember my mammy always said that when she went to Heaven she wanted a taffeta petticoat so stiff that it would stand by itself and so rustly that the Lord God would think it was made of angels' wings.
Cosette wore over a petticoat of white taffeta, her robe of Binche guipure , a veil of English point, a necklace of fine pearls, a wreath of orange flowers;
She stood there, in her red petticoat, with a smile on her face.
He made my husband take my best petticoat to muffle the OARS.
She, too, was clad only in a chemise and a knitted petticoat patched with bits of old cloth.
新世紀的這版詞典還附上了1911年版的詞典，這説明在英國人看來，neon(霓虹燈)、petticoat(襯裙)和“傷風敗俗的舞蹈”the can can(康康舞)這些詞都同樣值得被重視。
新世紀的這版詞典還附上了1911年版的詞典，這説明在英國人看來，neon（霓虹燈）、petticoat（襯裙）和“傷風敗俗的舞蹈”theCancan（康康舞）這些詞都同樣值得被重視。
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