Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Undergarments of linen; hence, such garments in general, especially those of cotton, or, more rarely, of silk, as distinguished from knitted or flannel underclothes.
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- noun dated
underwear ; anyundergarment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The woman leaning on the rail of her back porch, had caught her eye, and nodded, as it seemed to Saxon, half to her and half to the underlinen on the line.
CHAPTER II 2010
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She slowly replaced all her simple maiden underlinen with garments which, while still simple, were wrought with beautiful
CHAPTER IV 2010
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Many of the prisoners have no change of underlinen and the majority have no socks at all.
Work Camp 10049 GW 2010
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The prisoners have no change of underlinen and the majority of them have no socks.
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Her underlinen, hand-made of course, was very costly.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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She nodded her head to Saxon's underlinen on the line.
CHAPTER II 2010
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And though it was a pagan act to dress without undergarments, she would not wear the underlinen another day.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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Ellen was clad in a hooped petticoat and underlinen.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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He must have been the terror of his tailor, his hatter, and his maker of cravats and underlinen; since he had, to all appearance, an unconquerable aversion from any garment which, when displayed on the human figure, exhibited either horizontal or perpendicular lines.
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The frock-coat that he wore was well cut, but his cravat was on terms so intimate with his waistcoat that no one could suspect him of underlinen.
The Magic Skin 2007
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