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hoopskirt

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n.1.a skirt stiffened with hoops.
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Noun1.hoopskirthoopskirt - a skirt stiffened with hoops        
hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women


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She had discarded her hoopskirt and appeared not unlike a nun.
Then the visiting "watch below," transformed into graceless ladies and uncouth pilgrims, by rude travesties upon waterfalls, hoopskirts, white kid gloves and swallow-tail coats, moved solemnly up the companion way, and bowing low, began a system of complicated and extraordinary smiling which few monarchs could look upon and live.
 
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