Y-fronts
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Croatia's Let 3 will perform as the penultimate act and end their performance in y-fronts.
From BBC
As a funky counterbalance, he showed rubbery translucent flasher raincoats worn over what looked to be Y-fronts; shearling coats with innards exposed; and T-shirts, their fronts printed with faces, pulled up over models’ heads — a pretty direct quotation of those created by Matthias Vriens a decade ago for his label BL33N and sold at Colette.
From New York Times
He picked up my discarded Y-fronts from the floor and held them open with his splayed thumbs.
From The Guardian
"We're not keyboard warriors sat with our little y-fronts on, we're elected members dealing with people's issues," he said.
From BBC
The male swimwear - often simply referred to as Speedos or budgie-smugglers - is essentially a waterproof pair of Y-fronts which are very fitted.
From BBC
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