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
She threw her underclothes in a drawer in the closet and crossed into the bathroom.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2018
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
She wore men’s clothing and said she “gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies that were drenched in sweat due to fashion’s finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2014
They had given him new underclothes and a clean suit of overalls.
From "1984" by George Orwell
