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View synonyms for smallclothes
smallclothes
[ smawl-klohz, -klohthz ]
plural noun
- British. small, personal items of clothing, as underwear, handkerchiefs, etc.
- knee breeches, especially the close-fitting ones worn in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
smallclothes
/ -ˌkləʊðz; ˈsmɔːlˌkləʊz /
plural noun
- men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
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It is now the mode to wear buckles on your smallclothes, that you may loosen or tighten them at pleasure.
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No more will hoops and wigs add allure to the progress of beauty—nor peruke nor smallclothes invest the beau with grandeur.
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