underclothes
Example Sentences
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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
Towels, trousers and underclothes still hang from the rafters in another house where Foday Joko lived with his wife and daughter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2014
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
The nurse hummed busily as she opened one drawer after another, stuffing the new underclothes and blouses and skirts and pajamas my mother had bought me into the black patent leather overnight case.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
