jockstrap
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“But this period, in the late 19th century when the jockstrap was supposedly invented, was right when women’s lingerie was becoming much more elaborate,” Steele added.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
The modern day sports bra began life as a jockstrap.
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
From Niall Horan's toast to Russell Crowe’s jockstrap: celebrity auction items - ranked!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2019
“We’re not selling the jockstrap at this time,” said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
On Monday, there’s a plastic grocery bag looped through the handle of my locker, and my first thought is that it’s a jockstrap.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Reserved as he was, Foster found it easy to befriend the middle-school boy who dutifully slipped on rubber gloves to pick up jockstraps and jerseys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025
Overall, Angelchik said he sells several million dollars worth of jockstraps a year, primarily in boutiques and Urban Outfitters stores.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
In 1928, Arthur Kneibler was hired by Cooper Underwear Company, where the "apparel engineer" introduced underwear briefs styled off of jockstraps.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
The first sports bra was made from two jockstraps.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015
Wearing heavy gloves, football helmets with steel face masks, and Bakelite jockstraps, the trainees parried and thrusted in training pits, then ran an obstacle course over which they had to knock down pugil-swinging attackers.
From Time Magazine Archive
