panty girdle

American

Or pantie girdle

noun

a girdle with a crotch.

panty girdle British

/ ˈpæntɪ /

noun

a foundation garment with a crotch, often of lighter material than a girdle

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Etymology

Origin of panty girdle

First recorded in 1940–45

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panty girdle

Atwood continued talking about changing mores—the supplanting of the panty girdle by nylon tights, and the consequent innovation of the miniskirt.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017

Formfit and Emilio Pucci fired the first unembarrassed shot in the war against the monobuttock with the introduction of the natural-back "Viva" panty girdle in 1957.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has produced an atom bomb and a panty girdle, the vitamin pill, the comic book, the subway gum machine, the soap opera and the revolving door.

From Time Magazine Archive

An ad for a deodorant or a panty girdle seems right at home in a women's magazine; the audience is "selective" and the scanning eye can reject the ad if it wishes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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