plural noun
Etymology
Origin of underclothes
Example Sentences
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Clerics faced down troublesome non-churchmen by forcing them to publicly confess their sins before their whole community, to pray all night in church in their underclothes – and sometimes to go on pilgrimages.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020
She threw her underclothes in a drawer in the closet and crossed into the bathroom.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2018
Her shaming was loosely based on Jane Shore, the 15th-century mistress of Edward IV who, dressed only in her underclothes, did a penance walk through late medieval London.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2015
Verisimilitude broke down, however, when it came to underclothes.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2014
They had given him new underclothes and a clean suit of overalls.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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