knickers
Example Sentences
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“You also see the outside: baby’s dirty nappy or Margo’s ordinary knickers or track pants, all the unglamorous and unsexy things.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
People on social media have said the request trivialised animal rights issues, but Ms Allen has hit back saying critics were getting their "knickers in a twist".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
“Don’t get your knickers in a twist, I’m not Mick Jagger,” he joked, delivering a goofy rendition of the Rolling Stones frontman’s signature moves before covering their hit “Start Me Up.”
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Those at Zehnder’s dress in the restaurant’s colonial theme, with women in mobcaps and white aprons, and men in banded-collared shirts with knickers.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
They were all dirty and in plain shorts or draggle-tailed knickers or old everyday dresses.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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