underdress
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
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garments worn beneath others; underclothes.
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a slip, petticoat, or other underskirt, especially one designed to be seen when worn, as beneath a redingote.
Etymology
Origin of underdress
Example Sentences
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An underdress of heavy fleece wool and waterproof canvas is worn inside, the rubber canvas trousers, with pockets, outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wasn't about to underdress for the occasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bodice and underdress of sky-blue velveteen, trimmed with bouffants and noeuds of bell-pulls.
From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace
From her shoulders fell a long full robe of purple byssus, over an underdress of white which readied the knee.
From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian
Eleanor was kneeling on the window-seat where she sometimes slept, her bright braids falling over her white linen underdress and gown of soft blue wool.
From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.
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