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Meanings of underwear in anglès

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Piece of cloth adapted to cover the genitals and buttocks of a man or a woman.

        portuguès
        roupa íntima
        català
        roba interior
        espanyol
        ropa interior

        Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.

              roba interior
              Synonyms
              Examples for "underclothes"
              Examples for "underclothes"
              1
              They had given him new underclothes and a clean suit of overalls.
              Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
              2
              You get up and lay your underclothes away in the bureau drawers.
              The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
              3
              How under the sun am I to go about in my underclothes.
              A Voyage with Captain Dynamite
              4
              But he rolled into my marmalade and underclothes and against the trap-door.
              The Sea-Wolf
              5
              Then they knotted their sheets together, and tied the underclothes into bundles.
              With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
              1
              Yes, sir; Carl only took away a little underclothing in a gripsack.
              Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
              2
              These they wore with the ordinary underclothing and with boots and puttees.
              The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial For...
              3
              The stack of underclothing on the shelves was pitifully small, visibly dilapidated.
              Her Father's Daughter
              4
              All the underclothing was seized upon, obviously only the best being taken.
              What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
              5
              In this soft, delightful, and healthy heat, heavy underclothing is a misery.
              Russian Rambles

              Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

                    Usage of underwear in anglès
                    1
                    I thought wearing long underwear most of the year round was normal.
                    From hell with love
                    2
                    In Japan, the trade of used underwear is slightly more publicly accepted.
                    News.com.au
                    3
                    That day you left for Lorenzo Marques to question the underwear salesman.
                    A beautiful place to die
                    4
                    No matter what happens, you always want an extra change of underwear.
                    Ebony
                    5
                    She probably still had her Young Pioneers badge, hidden among her underwear.
                    The apocalypse reader
                    6
                    In fact, while the President spoke, Ralph stared directly at his underwear.
                    First contact: or, it's later than you think
                    7
                    Of course the girls' underwear was clean and fresh and extremely elastic.
                    The lonely polygamist: a novel
                    8
                    Among retail products in the survey, heat-trapping underwear, came in at No.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    Women protest against a possible ban of lacy underwear in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    But Moran is far more than a puerile obsession with large underwear.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    Advertising poster boys are usually pouting young things selling aftershave or underwear.
                    The Irish Times
                    12
                    Thomas hadn't included any clean underwear, which was likely just as well.
                    Blood rites
                    13
                    For a moment I felt guilty staring at her in her underwear.
                    I shot you babe
                    14
                    I still don't wear underwear; I doubt if I'd like it now.
                    Freaks and revelations
                    15
                    And we usually keep our underwear on, he said with a smile.
                    Pretty Little Secrets
                    16
                    And now she had ten thousand dollars hidden in her underwear drawer.
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                    Underwear through the time
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