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underclothes

[ uhn-der-klohz, -klohthz ]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. clothes clothes worn under outer clothes. clothes.


underclothes

/ ˈʌԻəˌəʊð /

plural noun

  1. a variant of underwear Also calledunderclothing
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of underclothes1

First recorded in 1825–35; under- + clothes
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And Helena needed a dress, shoes, underclothes, a nightgown, and probably other things I hadn’t thought of yet.

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Ono remained silent as audience members cut small scraps, larger pieces and, eventually, parts of her underclothes.

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Clerics faced down troublesome non-churchmen by forcing them to publicly confess their sins before their whole community, to pray all night in church in their underclothes – and sometimes to go on pilgrimages.

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There were no clothes or underclothes or shoes anywhere.

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In it Mami put a cot with its own mosquito net, a small table and chair, and a basket for my underclothes.

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