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underpants

[uhn-der-pants]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. drawers or shorts worn under outer clothing, usually next to the skin.



underpants

/ ˈʌԻəˌæԳٲ /

plural noun

  1. Often shortened to: pants.a man's undergarment covering the body from the waist or hips to the top of the thighs or knees

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of underpants1

First recorded in 1920–25; under- + pants
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And he’s in his underpants, and it’s a dream sequence for him.

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if Superman ripped his underpants on his quest to save you?

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“This is way different from when you’re in your underpants on your couch eating Cheerios, yelling at the TV,” he says.

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It was the brief appearance by Donna Richards, who dresses the host each week on “SNL” and “has seen every celebrity here in their underpants.”

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He would also shower naked with them in the communal showers and the boys were ordered not to wear underpants in bed.

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