underclothes

Example Sentences

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In the late afternoon, I walked to Babu Ghat, and onto the broad concrete slipway that descended into the water, where a few moored boats bobbed slowly and men and children bathed in underclothes.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

There are underclothes, boxers, and socks hanging out of many pension windows, which gives the area a peculiar look of having a transient camp occupy permanent space.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2015

Her shaming was loosely based on Jane Shore, the 15th-century mistress of Edward IV who, dressed only in her underclothes, did a penance walk through late medieval London.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2015

After a while, when he didn’t come back, she put on her underclothes and her dress, and set off around the house in search of him.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2012

It seemed such a waste buying new underclothes for Clarice that I put the catalogue away in a drawer and never wrote to the shop after all.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier