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- noun Plural form of
step-in .
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Examples
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"Presumably not gents 'knee-length step-ins," I said dryly.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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The ridiculous Wolfson and the pathetic Terry McAuliffe aren't fit to wash George's step-ins.
Hillary-Supporter George McGovern Calls On Her To Drop Out 2009
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In the mornings, when an Orthodox Jewish male thanks God shelo asani isha, “for not making me a woman,” Rabbi Rosenzweig prays: “Blessed art Thou, O LORD our God, king of the universe, who hast made me to wear high-cut step-ins, and sometimes boyshorts.”
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In the old days, women wore so many girdles, corsets, pantaloons, bloomers, stockings, garters, step-ins and God knows what all that you had to practically be a prospector to get to first base . . . to even find first base.
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said Robert Byrne 1990
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His masculine hands looked clumsy as they lifted out the costume slip and miniature "dancing set" -- brassiere and step-ins -- all matching, of filmiest white chiffon and lace.
Murder at Bridge Anne Austin
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Curry was strictly a jump-shooter, although he created four of his looks off the dribble, either using shot fakes and step-ins (in the left corner), or coming off screens (on the right wing) to free up firing space.
SI.com 2011
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Curry was strictly a jump-shooter, although he created four of his looks off the dribble, either using shot fakes and step-ins (in the left corner), or coming off screens (on the right wing) to free up firing space.
SI.com 2011
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Curry was strictly a jump-shooter, although he created four of his looks off the dribble, either using shot fakes and step-ins (in the left corner), or coming off screens (on the right wing) to free up firing space.
CNN.com 2011
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My very proper grandmother -- who ran a business and raised children before she had the right to vote -- called undies, "step-ins".
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My very proper grandmother -- who ran a business and raised children before she had the right to vote -- called undies, "step-ins".
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She also describes products like rubber bloomers, aprons, and “step-ins” (briefs) that are no longer necessary in an age of tampons and stick-on pads.
A Glimpse at Women’s Periods in the Roaring Twenties | JSTOR Daily Erin Blakemore 2020
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