B.V.D.
Americanabbreviation
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Using prudent aggression, Kittay hopes eventually to lift B.V.D. to first place from its present fourth place in men's underwear, behind Fruit of the Loom, Cooper's and Hanes.
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
B.V.D. gamely tried to stretch into sports shirts, sweatshirts and socks, gradually boggled in a complexity of products and styles that became more complicated to order and stock than to sell.
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
“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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