briefs
noun/bɹiːfs/
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Plural normally A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
- [S]he learned not to iron my footy briefs and leave creases in them - the blokes bagged my creases for weeks[.]1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 124:
- Briefs for men and women were not popular in America until the 1930s.2008, Dan Peek, Why Do They Dress That Way?: People’s Place Book No. 7, page 80:
2 more examples
- A white tiger sat at the entrance, showing its white fangs in a wide-open bloody mouth. The sinister decorum would make you wet your briefs.2010, Robert Trando, Letters Of A Vietnamese Émigré, page 83:
- Yes, Gentlemen’s Quarterly wrote that Archie wears briefs, like it was something everyone wanted to know.2012, Dan Stephenson, The Underwater Widow:
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Swimming briefs.
- I fetched my briefs, pulled them on, and we left the changing room.2012, Luis Algorri, You’ll Hear From Me: A Gay Story about Passion and Love:
- Galvanised, I jumped--the clatter of keys rang clear as I thrust the knife, handle down, into the back of my briefs.2012, Joe Tog, Aussie Prison Breaks: Not All Escapees Are Desperados:
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Euphemistic An adult diaper.
- Synonyms
- underwear