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underclothes

[ uhn-der-klohz, -klohthz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

underclothes

/ ˈʌndəˌkləʊðz /

First recorded in 1825–35; under- + clothes

In the third drawer underclothes might be put; to be folded and packed close does not hurt them.

Keku had finished stripping the little physician to his underclothes and had put a cover over him.

The doll lay on the bed, wrapped up in the white muslin that was to have made its underclothes, looking like a tiny corpse.

And as for a dozen sets of underclothes, that won't wear once they see the washtub, they look foolish to me.

But now there was no way of getting out of it; for he had nothing on but his underclothes under the bear-skin.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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