Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pair of shorts having a flap or panel across the front and sometimes the back to resemble a skirt.
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- noun a pair of
shorts designed to look like askirt via the addition of large swathes of fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I do wonder why they chose 'skort' as the combinination of the words 'shorts' and 'skirt'?
Archive 2009-05-10 Tyler 2009
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I do wonder why they chose 'skort' as the combinination of the words 'shorts' and 'skirt'?
The "Skort" Tyler 2009
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For the fairways, a 'skort' in a graphic print from golfsophisticate. com A:
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If not, the word "skort" must have some other meaning which I am unacquainted with.
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We can easily deduce that a "skort" is a hybrid between a skirt and a pair of shorts, the word
AARP.org : 2010
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Almost all school districts uniforms for cheerleaders is pretty much a "skort" bottom.
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As both an Ultimate Frisbee player and a heterosexual man, I am highly supportive of the skort in both concept and execution.
The "Skort" Tyler 2009
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As both an Ultimate Frisbee player and a heterosexual man, I am highly supportive of the skort in both concept and execution.
Archive 2009-05-10 Tyler 2009
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She felt the clothes she wore that day, her little blue jean skort and Alice in Wonderland T-shirt, her Mickey Mouse ears with her name embroidered on them.
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I used to wear a dumb looking T-shirt and a skort and had my hair up in one of those quickie buns.
The Pink Dress 2009
arby commented on the word skort
NOUN: A pair of shorts having a flap or panel across the front and sometimes the back to resemble a skirt.
ETYMOLOGY: sk(irt) + (sh)ort.
May 9, 2007