"The Nutcracker" skirt Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
2. very short skirt worn by ballerinas

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NUTCRACKER (noun)
1. any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
2. a compound lever used to crack nuts open
SKIRT (verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
SKIRT (noun)
1. informal terms for a (young) woman
2. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

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