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knicker

British  
/ ˈnɪkə /

abbreviation

  1. of or relating to knickers

    knicker elastic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Americans, who clearly had a more professional set-up, turned up with team outfits which Hagen described as "the finest dark blue knicker suits that you ever saw".

From BBC Sep. 21, 2021

It didn't stop the Americans from practising but it was "jumpers and leather jackets", rather than blue knicker suits on show.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2021

The knicker drawer theory proved correct - they continued to visit one another long after Mrs Rieber returned home as conditions in Germany improved.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2017

"I always said if you share a knicker drawer then you are friends for life," says Mrs Whitcombe.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2017

His thin brown wrists had grown a long way out of the sleeves of his jacket; and he had torn a hole in the knee of each knicker.

From The Adventure League by Skae, Hilda T.

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