Y-fronts
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Now: Lampooned in cartoons of yore as a superhero in Y-fronts, Sir John Major descended into the fray to warn that a Labour-SNP deal would create "mayhem".
From BBC ● May 4, 2015
Holly Short Butler Mulch Diggums Foaly Which famous fictional character said this line: "And what in the name of Merlin's most baggy Y-fronts was that about?"
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
We all know that journalists are a slovenly bunch, and I'm sure no eyebrows would be raised were you to turn up at your desk in egg-stained Y-fronts and a fuchsia foulard.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012
City's "Y-fronts" understandably did not last long, the mocking nickname doing the job club officials should have done at the start.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2011
Mimi plunged through the cave mouth without a moment’s hesitation and they set him down just inside the entrance, near a pair of stained cotton Y-fronts.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
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