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plural dirndls
A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt. quotations examples
On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.
1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind, New York, N.Y.: I. Washburn
In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress. examples