B.V.D.
Americanabbreviation
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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
Quite the happiest gallant e'er you did see, For next to his skin he has B.V.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
B.V.D. sparked another style revolution in the '30s, when its publicity stills of Olympic Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in B.V.D. bathing trunks helped start the fad of topless swimming trunks for men.
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Sample lines: "From every B.V.D. let freedom ring," and "a salesman is an it that stinks."
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“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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