petticoat

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This nylon Maxi Petticoat from the spring/summer 2026 collection, with its asymmetrical hemline and voluminous fit, is a kind of architecture, a way to build yourself into the world around you.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The daughter of Hollywood heavy hitters Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis first appeared on the small screen in the 1977 sitcom "Operation Petticoat."

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2022

After college, the Mount Kisco, New York-native became a supporting player in "A Hatful of Rain" and other Broadway plays, and in such films as "I Want to Live!" and "Operation Petticoat."

From Fox News • May 29, 2021

A book collecting these stories, Petticoat Pilots, has been a labour of love for historian and author Michael Traynor.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2020

Petticoat Plotter, a farce in two acts; acted at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 1720, 12mo.

From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George