cami-
(ˈkæmɪ)
abbreviated form of camisole 2 b, used in Comb., as cami-bocker [f. (knicker)bocker], cami-knickers or -knicks, an undergarment which combines camisole and knickers; so cami-petticoat, etc.
| 1908 in C. W. Cunnington English Women's Clothes (1952) ii. 84 The cami-skirt, worn over the corsets, has its skirt usually divided into two. 1915 Home Chat 30 Oct. 229 My new cami-knickers. 1923 Daily Mail 2 May 1 Cami-petticoats made of..heavy Artificial Silk Stockinette. 1926 Good Housekeeping July 58 Cami-bocker in cotton crêpon. 1930 T. S. Eliot tr. St.-J. Perse's Anabasis 37 The girls' camiknickers hanging at the windows. 1937 Partridge Dict. Slang 122/2 Cami-knicks. 1952 B. Hamilton So Sad, so Fresh iv. 35 How are the cami-knicks coming along, Miss Demarest? 1966 Punch 5 Jan. 20/3 Her dress falls off to reveal eau-de-nil camiknickers. |