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smallclothes
[ smawl-klohz, -klohthz ]
/ ˈsmɔlˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /
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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.
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How to use smallclothes in a sentence
It is now the mode to wear buckles on your smallclothes, that you may loosen or tighten them at pleasure.
The Robbers|Friedrich SchillerNo more will hoops and wigs add allure to the progress of beauty—nor peruke nor smallclothes invest the beau with grandeur.
Seaport in Virginia|Gay Montague Moore
British Dictionary definitions for smallclothes
smallclothes
/ (ˈsmɔːlˌkləʊz, -ˌkləʊðz) /
pl n
men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
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