"poodle skirt" meaning in All languages combined

See poodle skirt on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: poodle skirts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} poodle skirt (plural poodle skirts)
  1. A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s. Categories (topical): Clothing, Skirts

Inflected forms

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