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Meanings of knickers in English

Catalan
pantalons curts
Wikidata

Trousers ending above the knee.

        pantalons curts
        Portuguese
        calças
        Catalan
        calces
        Wikidata

        Underpants worn by women.

              calças
              Synonyms
              Examples for "pants"
              Examples for "pants"
              1
              Yet the actors bring the flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants concentration that the visionary enterprise needs.
              The Guardian
              2
              The legs of the pants were large enough to keep house in.
              Sermons on Biblical Characters
              3
              Every living creature gasps and pants for breath in the scorching heat.
              Stories of California
              4
              Save in deference to your ladyship I probably would have said pants.
              The Harvester
              5
              I always was a seamstress-madepants for the men on the place.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              1
              The room was in disorder-thedrawers pulled out and the contents ransacked.
              The Sleuth of St. James's Square
              2
              The bookcase was empty and clean swept; so also were the drawers.
              The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
              3
              Just look in the drawers for a sheet to bury him in.
              Poor Relations
              4
              I opened the drawers to see my belongings in their new home.
              The heretic queen
              5
              Thou wilt find, it on the chest of drawers in the bedroom.
              Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
              1
              But late bloomers, Galenson says, tend to work the other way around.
              What the dog saw: and other adventures
              2
              I'm going to have to start wearing bloomers on a regular basis.
              Tell me, pretty maiden
              3
              Mamma lets me when I put on my climbers-they'rebloomers, you know.
              Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories / Chosen and Edited By ...
              4
              They came in, three women, simply dressed in chemise and flowered cotton bloomers.
              The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
              5
              There are the old stand-bys which are good bloomers-nasturtiums ,zinnias ,marigoldsand petunias.
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
              Wikidata

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

                    Usage of knickers in English
                    1
                    You're just going to have to hold your knickers on and see.
                    Street magic
                    2
                    Then he took off her knickers and held them in his hand.
                    The girl with the dragon tattoo
                    3
                    Oh no, she'd strip off her knickers soon as look at you.
                    Complete Books of Blood
                    4
                    Because it had the knickers attached to it, inside the skirt bit.
                    The Guardian
                    5
                    Is that a gently rounded tummy on that bra and knickers-clad model?
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    And then Grace Jones exploded on to the terrace in her knickers.
                    The Guardian
                    7
                    Walking with my skirt tucked into my knickers in Quito in Ecuador.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    Some of them had on uniform knickers, and some, long, unpressed trousers.
                    What's the Matter with Ireland?
                    9
                    Prostitutes in frilly knickers should be showing their wares on the corners.
                    Slow decay
                    10
                    And he've got on the knickers with the patch at the back!
                    Mrs. Day's Daughters
                    11
                    Alex appears on stage with three blonde dancers wearing skimpy black knickers.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    Put on a white lace bra and knickers, stockings, dried my hair.
                    The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
                    13
                    It's a long time since Out of Africa bored the knickers off us.
                    The Irish Times
                    14
                    Soon several short, pretty dresses joined the knickers in the drawer.
                    The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
                    15
                    Tullis was father, mother and big brother to the little fellow in knickers.
                    Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
                    16
                    Let's talk about knickers, or at least their lac y edges.
                    The Irish Times
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