Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural Undershorts; underpants.

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  • noun dated underwear; undergarments.

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  • noun underpants worn by men

Etymologies

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under- +‎ drawers

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Examples

  • He was wearing only his underdrawers, so his upper half was naked.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • The most disturbing thing you'll see there is Nazi diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop in his underdrawers.

    Servants, Swords and Sad Sex Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

  • She knew it as sure as she knew that you had to Machine Wash Tumble Dry your nightgowns but never your underdrawers.

    Moses Reborn 2009

  • Most be some phenomenal underdrawers, *makes note to try underwear in all foreign countries*

    Recent goings on Professor in Training 2009

  • I hope Mayor Daley has his asbestos underdrawers handy ....

    Non-Flap Over Obama's Election Night Rally Venue 2009

  • Heer yew r Teho *hands ober a big floofy blankee,a hiyooge mug ob hawt chokklit an a pair ob green floofy underdrawers*

    omg a capshun! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I just had on my corduroy shirt, and a pair of pants as thin as your underdrawers.

    I Walked The Line Vivan Cash with Ann Sharpsteen 2007

  • After ordering the cook to drive on a couple of miles, Tommie waited on the north bank, listening with keen delight to the profanity of the cowboys in their long underdrawers as they drove that herd across the Red River sand bars.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Several miles below Abilene, John Wesley Hardin took a pair of pants from a luckless cowboy at gunpoint, ordering the man on into town in his underdrawers.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • I just had on my corduroy shirt, and a pair of pants as thin as your underdrawers.

    I Walked The Line Vivan Cash with Ann Sharpsteen 2007

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