A simple nylon half-slip is often enough to do the trick. From Wordnik.com. [Are Slips In?] Reference
Next he tore at her white lace-fringed half-slip, then her stockings. From Wordnik.com. [The Piano Teacher] Reference
I'm wearing a half-slip and the ivory silk blouse I had on last night. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Bread Alone by Judith Ryan Hendricks] Reference
He unzipped and unbuttoned her skirt, then shoved it down over her hips, taking her half-slip along with it. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
Worse yet, these efforts are most commonly met with a coldly-written half-slip of paper sent back in your own SASE. From Wordnik.com. [Lucinda Week, Day 5: How Many Rejections DID Lucinda Get?] Reference
There's no room for a crinoline under that, unless you wanted to construct some kind of half-crinoline/half-slip undergarment. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Sewing on A Budget ... and the Walk-Away Dress! - A Dress A Day] Reference
I have one "half-slip," which actually started out life as one of those teeny short silk skirts for women who are a lot younger than I am. From Wordnik.com. [the necessary infrastructure - A Dress A Day] Reference
Angelina Jolie wore a sturdy bra and half-slip in the 2005 film "Mr. & Mr.. Smith" -- in a scene depicting the fastidiously uncarnal nature of her life with Mr. Smith. From Wordnik.com. [Pardon Me, Your Slip Is Not Showing] Reference
You can made a petticoat by finding the waist marking on the pattern and making a half-slip with a casing for elastic, or you can cut the front and back of the dress and make a full length one, turning under the neckline and armholes twice at one fourth inch each time. From Wordnik.com. [Same Pattern, 2nd Dress] Reference
One recent afternoon, she was preparing a cascade of black, "very rare" scallop-edged lace to accent an Italian silk leopard-print half-slip for an American client. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Travel] Reference
But I know an increasing number of young ladies who are rediscovering the joys of a full-length slip or chemise under dresses, or a half-slip under kneelength skirts. From Wordnik.com. [Pandora's Blog] Reference
Judith was called into the office of her boss, and as she stood there while he was speaking to her, the elastic of her half-slip gave out and it dropped to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Kim Ha Neul should've skipped that half-slip …. From Wordnik.com. [Buhay sa Korea] Reference
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