smallclothes
Americanplural noun
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British. small, personal items of clothing, as underwear, handkerchiefs, etc.
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knee breeches, especially the close-fitting ones worn in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of smallclothes
Example Sentences
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Stockings, smallclothes, silken tunic, padded jerkin, all fresh-washed and bleached.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
"He soils his smallclothes at the sight of it," Chett shouted out, and the rangers laughed.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
In the heavy ironbound chest at the foot of Bran's bed the maester found smallclothes, breeches, and tunic.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In her cell, she stripped to the skin and dressed herself carefully, in two layers of smallclothes, warm stockings, and her cleanest tunic.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
She found a heavy woolen cloak, a velvet skirt and a silk tunic and some smallclothes, a dress her mother had embroi-dered for her, a silver baby bracelet she might sell.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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