Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A knitted, unbleached cotton fabric for underwear.
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- noun An
unbleached ,knitted ,cotton fabric mostly used forunderwear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most popular lunchtime dish, Mr. Boyle says, is the balbriggan salmon, served atop sweet potatoes and spinach in a sweet malt vinegar sauce.
Beer Snob's Paradise 2010
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The balbriggan cotton cup dangled in the air as Milt expanded the length of elastic, then released it with a snap.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The balbriggan cotton cup dangled in the air as Milt expanded the length of elastic, then released it with a snap.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The balbriggan cotton cup dangled in the air as Milt expanded the length of elastic, then released it with a snap.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The balbriggan cotton cup dangled in the air as Milt expanded the length of elastic, then released it with a snap.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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Six changes of underwear -- merino or wool -- and a dozen balbriggan or woolen hose will be sufficient.
The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Walter Germain
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But fancy the shock to one's æstheticism at seeing coarse balbriggan allied to barbaric splendour.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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There were men in complete Moro costume, handsome and picturesque; others ruining their appearance by the addition of a hideous balbriggan undershirt, sandwiched between tight trousers with innumerable buttons and a brilliantly coloured turban; while still others, in little else than a fez and breech-clout, seemed not a whit abashed.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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Martin Dockerill ate pun'kin pie with his fingers, played "Marching through Georgia" on the mouth-organ, admired burlesque-show women in sausage-shaped pink tights, and wore balbriggan socks that always reposed in wrinkles over the tops of his black shoes with frayed laces.
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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After a pause, Aunt Selina got up heavily and went upstairs, coming down soon after with a bundle covered with a green shawl, and with a white balbriggan stocking trailing from an opening in it.
When a Man Marries Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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