smallclothes

[ smawl-klohz, -klohthz ]

plural noun

1. British. small, personal items of clothing, as underwear, handkerchiefs, etc.
2. knee breeches, especially the close-fitting ones worn in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.

smallclothes

/ -ˌkləʊðz; ˈsmɔːlˌkləʊz /

plural noun

1. men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries

Word History and Origins

Origin of smallclothes¹

First recorded in 1625–35; small + clothes

Example Sentences

“That may be so, Your Radiance,” said Ezzara, “but this blood was mingled with his stool. It stained his smallclothes.”

From Literature

By the time the storm broke, evening was upon them and Tyrion Lannister was soaked through to the smallclothes, yet somehow he felt elated... and even more so later, when he found a drunken Jorah Mormont in a pool of vomit in their cabin.

From Literature

He did not trouble himself with smallclothes.

From Literature

She found her smallclothes in a pile, sniffed at them to make sure they were fresh enough to wear, donned them in her darkness.

From Literature

Squirrel had stripped down to her smallclothes, and was rooting through a carved cedar chest in search of something warmer.

From Literature

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