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underthing en · NOUN

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Etymology

From under- + thing.

Meanings

1. (in-plural) An undergarment.
   • 'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.' 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
   • My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors. 1979, Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around, page 64:

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