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Dirndl n ‎(genitive Dirndls, plural Dirndl)

Declension of Dirndl

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dirndl ‎(plural dirndls)

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.

traditional Alpine women's dress