Placket vs Flacket - What's the difference?
placket | flacket |
a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
:* 1922': Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the '''placket of her skirt. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
:* 2001': When the '''placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades – he wondered if he would get to the roof alive. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats the Devil
(obsolete) A petticoat, especially an under petticoat.
(obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
(obsolete) A woman's pocket.
As nouns the difference between placket and flacket
is that placket is a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings while flacket is a barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.placket
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(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)