"pencil skirt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛnsəl skɜːt/ Forms: pencil skirts [plural]
Etymology: From pencil + skirt, referring to its shape. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pencil}} pencil, {{m|en|skirt}} skirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} pencil skirt (plural pencil skirts)
  1. A slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length. Wikipedia link: pencil skirt Categories (topical): Clothing, Skirts Translations (very narrow skirt): тясна пола (tjasna pola) [feminine] (Bulgarian), faldilla de llapis [feminine] (Catalan), kokerrok [masculine] (Dutch), potloodrok [masculine] (Dutch), jupe-crayon [feminine] (French), Bleistiftrock [masculine] (German), saia lápis [feminine] (Portuguese), saia tubo [feminine] (Portuguese), falda de tubo [feminine] (Spanish), falda lápiz [feminine] (Spanish), pollera tubo [feminine] (Spanish), pennkjol [common-gender] (Swedish)

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