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Jockey shorts

American  
Trademark.
  1. a brand of short, close-fitting underpants with an elastic band around the waist; briefs.


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Jockey shorts and hand-marke d ballots: Chad won’t be hanging in either.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

Jockey shorts and Boris Johnson’s hair: Jockey shorts cover an ass less embarrassingly.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

Jockey shorts are like Sean Spicer doing the tango: With both, you might report “crowded ballroom.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

Noting that underwear keeps getting tighter as one grows older, he observes, "It is a point of pride for the American male to keep the same size Jockey shorts for his entire life."

From Time Magazine Archive

I thought about putting Jockey shorts on them, in deference to Toronto, but decided against it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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