Trouserette

Quick meaning: Trouserette is a noun meaning Alternative form of trouserettes.

Meaning

Alternative form of trouserettes.

Example Sentences

Mrs. John E. Boldt, a New York suffragette, wearing the corsetless trouserette costume which she advocates for women

“What we need to break the shackles and free these slaves of fashion is a leader,” remarked Mrs. Boldt, attired in her corset-less trouserette costume.

Dr. Anna Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage association, while distinctly against the trouserette proposition, did not go so far as to prefer the hobble skirt.

Though the world does not entirely acknowledge the safety and usefulness of the trouserette, the majority of the American women do, and so, in many a kitchen, home and home garden, the trouserette has found its way and is doing its bit toward helping woman do hers.[…]In no sense need the trouserette resemble a uniform for it allows of as much individuality as would be found in a woman’s frocks.

Word Forms

• trouserettes

Related Words

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