French knickers en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, plural, plural-only) A type of full-fitting women's underwear and/or sleepwear.
For this reason, any woman would much, much rather receive a pair of silk French knickers trimmed with antique lace that require handwashing in Evian water and which she will never actually wear than the three-pack of tummy-control pants from M&S that she desperately needs.
2004 December 3, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Present perfect”, in The Guardian:
Translations (4)
fr shorty (type of underwear) · fr culotte-short (type of underwear) · ru панталончики (type of underwear) · fr culotte flottante (type of underwear)