trunks
Britishplural noun
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Also called: swimming trunks. a man's garment worn for swimming, either fairly loose and extending from the waist to the thigh or briefer and close-fitting
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shorts worn for some sports
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men's underpants with legs that reach midthigh
Example Sentences
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They communicate by touching each other with their trunks, smelling each other and vocalizing.
From Los Angeles Times
The trees were a shade darker than he remembered, and much taller—their trunks stretched like molasses.
From Literature
I endowed that word “all” with special meaning, and pressed dresses and packed trunks in a delirium of anticipation.
From Literature
They were little more than planks of unfinished lumber, with cots jammed into each corner and trunks at the end of them.
From Literature
Wires and twisted metal hung from the building and charred tree trunks lay on the ground.
From Barron's
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