soakers

[ soh-kerz ]

noun(used with a plural verb)

absorbent, knitted briefs or shorts, often of wool, used as a diaper cover on infants.

Origin of soakers

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We brainstormed different props to bring out during my set including super soakers, Chinese dragons and … the RAFT.
DJ Steve Aoki: To Cake or Not To Cake | Steve Aoki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A number of these soakers were still lying about and Joe saw his chance.
Baseball Joe on the Giants | Lester Chadwick
Yes, it is funny, his taking his toddy along with you old soakers.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce
He fits more with one of Jacob's tales of longshore soakers, than with the tragedies that have made him infamous.
Raemaekers' Cartoons | Louis Raemaekers
And it is further reported that the old soakers haven't any teeth—wore them out eating gin cocktails and brandy punches.
Roughing It | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

He has given me some soakers, and he takes his medicine as if he liked it.
Frank Merriwell at Yale | Burt L. Standish

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