B.V.D.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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From various newspaper and magazine ads current last week: � "His Merry Christmas grows on the B.V.D. tree!"
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Erlangers made B.V.D. probably the best-known initial-trademark in the world when they introduced a revolutionary type of one-piece men's "athletic underwear."
From Time Magazine Archive
Plugged by its catchy slogan, "Next to myself, I like B.V.D. best," sales hit an estimated peak of 7,200,000 pairs a year in the mid-'20s.
From Time Magazine Archive
The buyer was Sol Kittay, a British emigrant and former head of the B.V.D. underwear company who is known for acquiring losing operations and making them profitable.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’m just wearing my usual. Starting from the bottom, I have B.V.D. briefs, size ten, one tee shirt...”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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