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underwear

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un·der·wear  (ndr-wâr)
n.
Clothes worn next to the skin, beneath one's outer clothing. Also called underclothes, underclothing.
underwear
Noun
clothing worn under other garments, usually next to the skin
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Noun1.underwearunderwear - undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
underclothes, underclothing
BVD, BVD's - trademark for men's underwear
intimate apparel, lingerie - women's underwear and nightclothes
long johns - warm underwear with long legs
Skivvies - men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts
undergarment, unmentionable - a garment worn under other garments
underwear
noun underclothes, lingerie, undies (informal) smalls (informal) undergarments, unmentionables (humorous) underclothing, underthings, underlinen, broekies S. African (informal) underdaks Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish underwear [ˈʌndəwɛəʳ] n → ropa interior or íntima (LAM)
French underwear [ˈʌndəwɛəʳ] under n → sous-vêtements mpl;
(women's only) → dessous mpl
German underwear [ˈʌndəwɛəʳ] n → Unterwäsche f
Italian underwear [ˈʌndəwɛəʳ] n → biancheria (intima)
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Before the lingerie windows of the uptown shops she often stood and studied; nor was she above taking advantage, when small purchases were made, of looking over the goods at the hand-embroidered underwear counters.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
His wife, a stout, nervous woman, was the daughter of a manufacturer of underwear at Cleveland, Ohio.
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She bustled around, looking after his clothing, thinking about heavy underwear, quite as Madame Ratignolle would have done under similar circumstances.
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