underclothes
Example Sentences
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“I had sets of clothes, pants and shirts, but I didn’t bring any underclothes or socks,” he said, grinning.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019
In the late afternoon, I walked to Babu Ghat, and onto the broad concrete slipway that descended into the water, where a few moored boats bobbed slowly and men and children bathed in underclothes.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018
Her shaming was loosely based on Jane Shore, the 15th-century mistress of Edward IV who, dressed only in her underclothes, did a penance walk through late medieval London.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2015
She wore men’s clothing and said she “gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies that were drenched in sweat due to fashion’s finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding.”
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2014
It’s still hidden in the laundry bag beneath my “anonymously” donated new collection of underclothes.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
