knickers

Example Sentences

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“Don’t get your knickers in a twist, I’m not Mick Jagger,” he joked, delivering a goofy rendition of the Rolling Stones frontman’s signature moves before covering their hit “Start Me Up.”

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

Ollie Robinson has played the role of provocateur to twist the knickers of the Aussie media.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Those at Zehnder’s dress in the restaurant’s colonial theme, with women in mobcaps and white aprons, and men in banded-collared shirts with knickers.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

"There's no laundry service. I've run out of knickers, so I've been washing them in the sink - sounds bad but I have no choice."

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2021

The boys’ trousers were shorts, rather than knickers, and buttoned down the sides, instead of down the front.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey