"We'd 'ave our gran'mothers an' all the rest of our petticoated relash'ns comin' to sea, if 'twere always like this," he remarked, reflectively-indicating, with a sweep of his pipe and hand, the calmness of the sea and sky.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
Taking my place amid this motley assemblage of mustachioed shopkeepers and voluminously-petticoated frows, I sat calculating how long human patience could endure such companionship, when my attention was aroused by hearing a person near me narrate to his friend the circumstances of my debut at Strasbourg, with certain marginal notes of his own that not a little surprised me.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
All day she was emitting tobacco-smoke; it was notorious, Clotilde had not to learn it from her father; but now she saw the filthy rag that standard of female independence was-that petticoated Unfeminine, fouler than masculine!
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009