whiteys en · NOUN
Etymology
Clipping of tighty-whiteys.
Meanings
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(US, plural, plural-only, slang) Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
Like a hot knife through butter the razor parted the tissue and muscle and nerves and like the Red Sea to Moses those two visible vertebrae split away from one another. Instantly rendering his legs useless and even before the bright red blood began to stain the tidiness of his whiteys, Abraham began to fall.
2019, Angel Van Atta, The Child, page 7:
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(form-of, plural) plural of whitey
form of whitey
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whities | alternative | lexicographic |