Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lightskirt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: light-skirt
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman of lax morality; a prostitute.

Dated; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The Greekes were fooles, that for a light-skirt strumper, Chang'd the stil vial to a lowd-mouthd trumpet."
"“A no-better-than-she-should-be, a light-skirts that you may see half-naked any evening for a couple of francs,” La Cibot answered in an undertone for Mme. Chapoulot’s ear."
"O you light-skirts! who is it now? You think I can't guess what your business is? Is it aught fresh, or only old stuff warmed?"
"And while the peppery little beadle's eyes were searching the japer out, another added, “More's the pity, for 'er's a bit of a light-skirt.”"
"She’s lucky her gentleman agreed to a hasty marriage after she went and ruined herself. Lightskirts."

Etymology

From light + skirt.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lightskirts (plural) light-skirt (alternative) light skirt (alternative) lightskirts (alternative) light-skirts (alternative)

Questions

What does lightskirt mean?: A woman of lax morality; a prostitute.
Where does lightskirt come from?: From light + skirt.

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