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Dirndl

Dirndl

See also: dirndl

German

Noun

Dirndl n (genitive Dirndls, plural Dirndl)

  1. (southern Germany, Austria) girl
  2. dirndl (traditional dress in parts of Bavaria and Austria)

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dirndl

dirndl

See also: Dirndl

English

Noun

dirndl (plural dirndls)

  1. A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind:
      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.

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