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smallclothes

[ smawl-klohz, -klohth z ]
/ 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.

RELATED WORDS

corset, lingerie, shorts, undergarment, underpants, undershirt, bikini, bra, drawers, panties, underclothing, briefs, underclothes, G-string, undies, skivvies, BVDs, loincloth, underthings

Nearby words

small-talk, small-time, small-town, smallage, smallboy, smallclothes, smallens, smaller european elm bark beetle, smaller muscle of helix, smaller posterior rectus muscle of head, smaller psoas muscle

Origin of smallclothes

First recorded in 1625–35; small + clothes
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Examples from the Web for smallclothes

  • It is now the mode to wear buckles on your smallclothes, that you may loosen or tighten them at pleasure.

    The Robbers|Friedrich Schiller

  • No 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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