whity
Americanadjective
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Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
The whity thing by the Mariner's left hand is a piece of wood that he was trying to row the raft with when the Whale came along.
From Just So Stories by Kipling, Rudyard
No matter what went on, no matter who was speaking, those slowly moving pale-blue eyes with their whity lashes followed her, measuring her height, movements, her very heart-throbs, it seemed to the puzzled, distressed girl.
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara
Oh yes, here in my pocket; there are little whity marks in the black kid already, as if they were going to split.'
From Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls by Barnes, Robert
So were all the rest, under the whity tarps which looked ghostly and queer.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
In the locker room at school, he was teased for wearing tighty whities instead of boxers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Picture Walter White standing in front of his broken-down trailer in his tighty whities, ready to face his fate, his feet on stony ground and surrounded by brush.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2020
That is, after he spoke extensively about what it's like for his "Goldbergs" patriarch to be in his tighty whities all day: "Not enjoyable," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
It came in the form of Polaroids from Warhol of a model in his tighty whities — photos that Mr. Braun still has, in their original envelope, at his Manhattan apartment today.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2015
Luckily, Zed slept through the excitement, so they didn’t get a picture of him in his tightie whities and bedhead.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
“Jess the same—only whitier when they air new.”
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
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