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jockstrap

[jok-strap] / ˈdʒɒkˌstræp /
NOUN
athletic supporter
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“But this period, in the late 19th century when the jockstrap was supposedly invented, was right when women’s lingerie was becoming much more elaborate,” Steele added.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

The modern day sports bra began life as a jockstrap.

From BBC May 10, 2022

From Niall Horan's toast to Russell Crowe’s jockstrap: celebrity auction items - ranked!

From The Guardian Aug. 1, 2019

The Anchorage store is not yet selling the jockstrap worn by Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie “Cinderella Man” and other memorabilia previously owned by the actor, KTUU-TV reported .

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2018

On Monday, there’s a plastic grocery bag looped through the handle of my locker, and my first thought is that it’s a jockstrap.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Reserved as he was, Foster found it easy to befriend the middle-school boy who dutifully slipped on rubber gloves to pick up jockstraps and jerseys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2025

Overall, Angelchik said he sells several million dollars worth of jockstraps a year, primarily in boutiques and Urban Outfitters stores.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

In 1928, Arthur Kneibler was hired by Cooper Underwear Company, where the "apparel engineer" introduced underwear briefs styled off of jockstraps.

From National Geographic Jan. 9, 2024

She sewed two jockstraps together and the first Jogbra prototype was born.

From BBC May 10, 2022

Wearing heavy gloves, football helmets with steel face masks, and Bakelite jockstraps, the trainees parried and thrusted in training pits, then ran an obstacle course over which they had to knock down pugil-swinging attackers.

From Time Magazine Archive




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