lingerie
noun
adjective
Origin of lingerie
Related Words for lingerie
underwear, unmentionables, nightwear, underclothing, underclothes, nightclothes, undies, underthingsExamples from the Web for lingerie
Contemporary Examples of lingerie
The married Texas Republican was photographed in ducky pajamas next to a lingerie model at a local bar in May 2009.
That may well be the case but few people inside the show at Earls Court seemed to be talking about the lingerie.
In between a female sex shop and trendy boutiques is a nondescript store selling all manner of bras, corsets, and other lingerie.
Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.
He dons kerchiefs and wigs, housedresses and lingerie, but his transformation stops there.
Historical Examples of lingerie
Beneath it was lingerie of the kind which, it is said, may be drawn through a ring.
The Paliser caseEdgar Saltus
The lingerie was of the best, and the seamstress was engaged on it for many weeks.
The Promised LandMary Antin
There were boxes of gloves, boxes of silk stockings, dainty bundles of lingerie.
Rich Man, Poor ManMaximilian Foster
French lingerie is the sign and symbol of French femininity.
In Vanity FairEleanor Hoyt Brainerd
The letter wandered on into a maze of lingerie and millinery and silk petticoats.
The Literary SenseE. Nesbit