underthings
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of underthings
First recorded in 1840–50; under- + thing ( def. ); + -s 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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They didn’t have much: a couple of dresses and some underthings for each of them and a single pair of shoes, as well as an ivory comb Mrs. Harrison had found at a secondhand store and a few hair ribbons.
From Literature
My trusty underthings saved the day for me and for those three children.
From Literature
I quickly used the facility, slipped off my mittens to grab a piece of the Monkey Ward catalog to dry off, and hiked up my underthings.
From Literature
Second place receives Dress-Up Squirrel, a laminated cardboard critter standing straight up so that you can dress him/her/them in a wondrous variety of 39 cling stickers, including men’s and women’s underthings, a Santa suit, an Easter Bunny headdress, leprechaun gear, a pearl necklace and, of course, a chain saw.
From Washington Post
This is pretty much the same argument used by Rihanna in her Savage x Fenty line, and expressed in her Amazon-streamed lingerie spectacular last September, which featured dancers, models and celebrities of all sizes and skin tones gyrating in a variety of ever tinier underthings and high heels — by their own choice.
From New York Times
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