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shreddies, n. Brit. slang (orig. Mil.).
Brit. |ˈʃrɛdɪz|, U.S. |ˈʃrɛˌdiz|
[Apparently use as plural noun of shreddy adj., alluding to underpants having a tattered, shabby appearance, punningly after Shreddies, the proprietary name of a kind of breakfast cereal.]
Underpants; esp. men's underpants.
1989R. Jolly Jackspeak 259 Shreddies (esp. R[oyal] M[arines]) underpants. 1990Press Assoc. (Nexis) 21 Aug. A pair of new GI issue underpants, known here as ‘shreddies’, adorn the wall of the squadron's administration shack. 1998J. White Diary of Darren Tackle 169 Hayley starts blubbin' again as she pulls up her shreddies and mama gives it both barrels askin' me how I could do it to our Lee and this Hayley. 2006Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 3 July 19 [He] entered a launderette, stripped down to his shreddies and put his Levi jeans in the washing machine. |