Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of undergarment.
  • noun garments intended to be worn underneath other garments; underwear.
  • noun religion Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Etymologies

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under- +‎ garment

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Examples

  • My understanding of women's undergarments is from an exterior perspective only, so I won't deign to comment on them.

    FRIDAY; Or, More Stuff You Probably Don't Want to Put in a Query Letter 2009

  • Here's the skinny: models will be strolling the store in undergarments from G Boutique, giving guys consultations on their denim selections.

    Denim Lounge Sale: Free Beer, Lingerie-Clad Models, And Jeans Will Guzzardi 2010

  • Here's the skinny: models will be strolling the store in undergarments from G Boutique, giving guys consultations on their denim selections.

    Denim Lounge Sale: Free Beer, Lingerie-Clad Models, And Jeans Will Guzzardi 2010

  • I think making your own undergarments is brilliant – most of the store-bought slips are polyester, and I would much prefer one made of silk.

    Perfecting your “come hither” look « Awful Library Books 2010

  • Proper support of "the girls" with good undergarments is always in style.

    Archive 2005-03-01 2005

  • Does it matter a whit that, say, Fruit of the Loom underwear gave nearly 100 percent of its corporate donations to tighty-whitey-wearing Republicans, nearly every one of whom I'm guessing wouldn't know appetizing undergarments from a flap of burlap and some string?

    12/22/2004 2004

  • LbL – put some pants on and go look for a job. you can’t support yourself stealing ladies’ undergarments from the laundromat and selling them to your buds on Ebay forever.

    Think Progress » Right-wing publications receive exclusive credentials to cover the Tea Party Convention. 2010

  • Working out of clandestine locations that included the basement of the natural history museum in South Kensington, a team of innovative SOE scientists and engineers came up with a plethora of weird and ungentlemanly gadgets, from self-igniting briefcases to itching powder designed to be sprinkled in German undergarments to a tiny, single-shot gun disguised as a fountain pen.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Working out of clandestine locations that included the basement of the natural history museum in South Kensington, a team of innovative SOE scientists and engineers came up with a plethora of weird and ungentlemanly gadgets, from self-igniting briefcases to itching powder designed to be sprinkled in German undergarments to a tiny, single-shot gun disguised as a fountain pen.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Working out of clandestine locations that included the basement of the natural history museum in South Kensington, a team of innovative SOE scientists and engineers came up with a plethora of weird and ungentlemanly gadgets, from self-igniting briefcases to itching powder designed to be sprinkled in German undergarments to a tiny, single-shot gun disguised as a fountain pen.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

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