unmentionables

Example Sentences

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Another four years on, Root was in hospital again, this time after taking blows to the unmentionables in the day-night Test in Adelaide.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

An essential place of unmentionables — in a lot of ways, its purpose is clear, unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

I had put it down flat on a gnarled tree root while I fished out a plastic bag with which to manage my dog’s unmentionables.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

But there are men's unmentionables, too, including 18th-century shirts, which were considered underwear because they were worn next to the skin —only the collars and cuffs could decently be shown.

From US News • Apr. 13, 2016

And as I shimmied into my dress, she stuffed stockings and unmentionables into my carpetbag and explained what was happening at Mrs. Wigginbottom’s boardinghouse.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan