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lingerie
[ lahn-zhuh-rey, lan-zhuh-ree, -juh-; French lanzhuh-ree ]
noun
- underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
- Archaic. linen goods in general.
adjective
- having the qualities of lingerie; lacy or frilly.
lingerie
/ ˈlænʒərɪ /
noun
- women's underwear and nightwear
- archaic.linen goods collectively
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lingerie1
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Example Sentences
The married Texas Republican was photographed in ducky pajamas next to a lingerie model at a local bar in May 2009.
That may well be the case but few people inside the show at Earls Court seemed to be talking about the lingerie.
In between a female sex shop and trendy boutiques is a nondescript store selling all manner of bras, corsets, and other lingerie.
Other days, I see sleek blonde brides hoping to find the perfect lingerie to wear beneath their wedding dresses.
Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.
Margaret knelt in a soft flop of scented lingerie beside the indignant young thing.
They brought my laundry back yesterday, and for one piece of silk lingerie I was charged—guess?
The earnings of makers of "imported" lingerie waists sometimes rise as high as $25 a week.
I am sending you a pair of blue silk stockings and a tie to match, to wear with white duck skirts and lingerie waists.
I wonder what Doctor Wright will say when we tell him we caught game fish with a bent pin tied on lingerie ribbon.
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