bitch vs petticoat

bitch

noun
  • A woman. 

  • An obviously gay man. 

  • Something unforgiving and unpleasant. 

  • A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. 

  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way 

  • A queen. 

  • Place; situation 

  • A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified. 

  • A difficult or confounding problem. 

  • Friend. 

  • A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. 

  • A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship. 

  • A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts. 

verb
  • To spoil, to ruin. 

  • To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected. 

  • To behave or act as a bitch. 

petticoat

noun
  • A woman. 

  • A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth. 

  • A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown. 

  • A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt. 

  • A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes. 

  • A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively. 

  • A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet. 

verb
  • To dress in a petticoat. 

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