pencil skirt
pencil skirt · pencil skirts
Bleistiftrock
A slim skirt with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-lengthA slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.
/ˈpɛnsəl skɜːt/
» Her choice of the black pencil skirt was both stylish and professional.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.
Anna decided to wear a black pencil skirt with her blue blouse that day to work.
Bleistiftrock
Examples
2 sentencesHer choice of the black pencil skirt was both stylish and professional.
For her fifties outfit she opted for a pencil skirt and a spotted blouse.
deFür ihr 50er-Jahre-Outfit wählte sie einen Bleistiftrock und eine gepunktete Bluse. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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By meaning 1
very narrow skirt:
Origin
From pencil + skirt, referring to its shape.From pencil + skirt, referring to its shape.
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Forms
plural: pencil skirts| Singular | pencil skirt |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedpencil-skirted