spatterdashed

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English

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Etymology

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spatterdashes +‎ -ed

Adjective

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spatterdashed (not comparable)

  1. Wearing spatterdashes.
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair [], London: Bradbury and Evans [], published 1848, →OCLC:
      Many young gentlemen canter up on thorough-bred hacks, spatterdashed to the knee, and enter the house to drink cherry-brandy and pay their respects to the ladies

Verb

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spatterdashed

  1. simple past and past participle of spatterdash