pantalettes

Then there were two other young ladies – Miss Letitia Ann Thornton, a tall-grown girl in pantalettes, evidently a would-be aristocrat, from the air of her head and lip, with a well-looking face, and looking well knowing of the same, and sporting neat little white cuffs at her wrists – the only one who bore such a distinction.

Queechy 1854

Her skin was perfect alabaster covered only by her strange pantalettes, the black silk that was like a V on her body.

Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

The students, boys in stovepipe trousers and wide-collared shirts and girls in dresses and pantalettes, were encouraged to sing and clap during frequent breaks from lessons.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

A plain corset and pantalettes served as underwear.

Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009

A plain corset and pantalettes served as underwear.

Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009

A plain corset and pantalettes served as underwear.

Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009

And I suspect, given your frequent mentioning of French ladies 'pantalettes, you do too.

Love Affairs 2007

I think if I were in a religious group that required dresses, and it was permitted, I'd be buying those frilly pantalettes!

Well, I Guess It's Time To Wrap This Up, Then - A Dress A Day 2008

Her skin was perfect alabaster covered only by her strange pantalettes, the black silk that was like a V on her body.

A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006

These were the days when Sammy encountered Anna Laura Hawkins, late of Kentucky—or, as she became in her incarnation as “Becky Thatcher,” the “lovely little blue-eyed creature with yellow hair plaited into two long tails, white summer frock and embroidered pantalettes.”

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005