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briefs

British  
/ briːfs /

plural noun

  1. men's underpants or women's pants without legs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Briefs have been filed before the high court, and on April 25 the people will be listening.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2024

Wagner PMC Briefs is a channel Prigozhin has confirmed as an official page of Wagner and is run by one of his troops.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

Briefs are expected to be filed in with the U.S.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2020

Briefs “are too long to be persuasive,” said Laurence H. Silberman, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2016

Briefs gave him his dinner, the drama gave him his supper; his supper got to be the more substantial of the two.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

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