Though a bachelor, and a man of such great dignity and importance, yet the doctor was, like many other wise men, subject to petticoat government.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
It was that unhappy petticoat-tape!
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Mis' Merriman sought in the pocket of her petticoat for a black-bordered handkerchief.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale