pencil skirt
/ˈpɛnsəl skɜːt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.
Example Sentences
- "Anna decided to wear a black pencil skirt with her blue blouse that day to work."
- "And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt."
- "For a long while I said any girl could get through round one of MasterChef simply by turning up in a pencil skirt and making a fried Nutella sandwich with condensed milk and an expression that says, "I like older men with no hair"."