underthings

un·der·things

 (ŭn′dər-thĭngz′)
pl.n.
Underclothes, especially for women or girls.
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underthings

(ˈʌndəˌθɪŋz)
pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) girls' or women's underwear
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un•der•things

(ˈʌn dərˌθɪŋz)

n.pl.
women's underclothes.
[1840]
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Translations

underthings

[ˈʌndəθɪŋz] NPLpaños mpl menores
to be in one's underthingsestar en paños menores
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underthings

[ˈʌndəˌθɪŋs] npl (fam) → biancheria fsg intima
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It was drummed into them when young that they should because, er, some people may, er, scrutinise their flapping underthings. Who cares?
I walked carefully with my newly decorated feet to the bathroom and when I was done, I slipped into Luciana's mother's bedroom to open the drawer of lacy underthings. There on the top was a red plastic nametag bearing Luciana's mother's name: Florence.
She was sporting the signature beige underthings and awkwardly cavorting with a balloon.
In the end, I owned two shirts, a vest, a skirt, a pair of pants and my underthings. Everything was grey or black.
When packing away your pretty underthings, resist the urge to fold the bra down the middle and stack one cup on top of the other.
They've been instructed to cooperate, to take off their underthings, to cover their eyes, and to be quiet.
Founded last summer by Kadlec, who is based out of Massachusetts, Bluestockings Boutique is an alternative, ecofriendly lingerie and underthings website aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community.
I remember looking up at that pearlized, iridescent sky that April afternoon in 1964; a soft, salmon pink sky with pastel baby blue streaks running through it and small puffs of white clouds hanging like bright, bleached underthings on an invisible, celestial ghetto clothesline.
Dolfi ultrasonic pebble $99 Nearly all of us have been guilty of throwing delicates in the laundry rather than taking the time to hand-wash them, But thanks to the new Dolfi pebble, which uses ultrasonic sound waves to loosen dirt and bacteria from fabrics, there's no excuse to risk damage to your favorite cashmere sweater (or lacy underthings).
The girls had left in such a hurry they'd left their clothes behind, and by the looks of it they didn't have much to wear but a few skimpy underthings, poor dears.
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