spatterdashed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spatterdashes + -ed.
Adjective
[edit]spatterdashed (not comparable)
- 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
[edit]spatterdashed
- simple past and past participle of spatterdash