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Meaning of pencil skirt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpɛnsəl skɜːt/

Definitions

A slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.

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Examples

“Anna decided to wear a black pencil skirt with her blue blouse that day to work.”
“And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt.”
“For a long while I said any girl could get through round one of MasterChef simply by turning up in a pencil skirt and making a fried Nutella sandwich with condensed milk and an expression that says, "I like older men with no hair".”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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