Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placket hole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: plack-et -hole
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slit in a woman's outer skirt allowing access to pockets, items etc. kept inside.

Example Sentences

"Are not trouse, and placket-holes, and pump-handles—and spigots and faucets, in danger still, from the same association?"
"‘What is loathsome is all your fumbling in placket-holes and polysyllabic Justification by Love."

Inflected Forms

placket holes (plural)

Questions

What does placket hole mean?: A slit in a woman's outer skirt allowing access to pockets, items etc. kept inside.

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