underwear

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  1. noun Clothes worn next to the skin, beneath one's outer clothing. Also called underclothes, underclothing.

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  • Maybe their underwear was a little threadbare, but they both had sports equipment to die for. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • I was coming up now on the only part of this morning that I'd been truly dreading: It was time to climb into my first pair of regulation Mormon underwear, an unlovely wardrobe item that, during their first temple visit, Mormons agree to wear for the rest of their lives and that they refer to ever after as their "garments," as though their underwear is always the only clothing they are wearing. —  Secret Ceremonies
  • But he would never tell J.P. that. In fact, as long as J.P. paid him to do it, he would tell J.P. that his underwear was the best damned Christmas gift in the known universe. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • Because your underwear is the best damned Christmas gift in the known universe, that's why It was a long afternoon. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • Jo Termeer had described Carolien as an attractive woman who liked to prance about in French underwear, was intelligent, a good travel companion, with a sense of humor. —  The Hollow-eyed Angel - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 13
 

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/ˈəndərwɛr/
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