underdrawers

plural noun

Definition of underdrawersnext
as in boxer shorts

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  1. boxer shorts
  2. long johns
  3. underpants
Plural Noun
  • Sarmiento and her husband and son had found informal work selling boxer shorts from a stand along a busy boulevard in Mexico City's historic center.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The new version places Beyoncé, dressed in the brand’s Essential Sporty T-shirt and 501 ’90s jeans, undressing down to Levi’s boxer shorts.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of boxer shorts
Plural Noun
  • In 2016, 9News reported that the same DNA was found on JonBenét’s long johns — a discovery that led Lacy to believe that police had the killer’s DNA profile.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Part of her reasoning was due to DNA evidence, not available in 1999, which was later found on a pair of JonBenét’s long johns.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of long johns
Plural Noun
  • There was no control group wearing regular underpants, so there's no way to claim that the invention prevented bedsores from occurring, but at the end of the trial period, none of the patients had developed them.
    Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2012
  • Another first-round exit would make McCarthy’s underpants feel a little snugger.
    John Romano, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
Definition of underpants
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