Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Something that is inferior and of little worth.
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- noun An
undergarment .
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Examples
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That underthing strikes me as more of a modified tire.
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Jean Maria Schwartz had pulled at this and that garment and underthing, with Bianca helping shield her until she emerged from the small sanctuary of two women watching out for each other in blue jeans, and other clothes she picked up, bought or found, at stops along the way.
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I took a girl on a date riding once and discovered halfway through she neglected to take off her lacy underthing below her shorts.
Itineraries and Agendas: Bicycles at Work and Play BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I don't wear Spanx bc I can't afford them (and I don't like 'compression garments' bc they are uncomfortable to me), but I have a non-binding underthing from Kohl's that's basically like a bike short but (my, white person) flesh-toned so it doesn't show under my clothes.
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Chief Executive Stuart Rose's new M&S stores are small and simmering, and there's not a dowdy underthing in sight.
U.K. Faces Of The Week July 10-14, 2006Forbes U.K. Faces Of The Week July 10-14, 2006 Forbes.com staff 2006
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Chief Executive Stuart Rose's new M&S stores are small and simmering, and there's not a dowdy underthing in sight.
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He tried to stare at the ledge behind her right ear and not think about the white lacy underthing that was plastered against her skin.
For The Roses Garwood, Julie 1995
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In his face was secrecy, knowledge, and some tragic underthing which gave him, apart from his office, a singular loneliness of figure and manner.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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In his face was secrecy, knowledge, and some tragic underthing which gave him, apart from his office, a singular loneliness of figure and manner.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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In his face was secrecy, knowledge, and some tragic underthing which gave him, apart from his office, a singular loneliness of figure and manner.
The World for Sale, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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