α. (In plural form) 1800s pantys, 1800s– panties, 1900s– pantees.
β. (In singular form) 1900s– pantee, 1900s– pantey, 1900s– panti, 1900s– pantie, 1900s– panty.
pantiesn.
/ˈpantɪz/, U.S. /ˈpæn(t)iz/ Originally U.S.
I. In plural form.
1. Men's trousers or shorts; boy's short trousers. Usually in derogatory contexts. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other
kirtlec893
viteroke?c1225
bleauntc1314
surcoata1330
paltock1353
courtepy1362
tunicle1377
gipona1387
juponc1400
petticoatc1425
wardecorpsc1440
placard1483
galbart1488
corsletc1500
truss1563
gippo1617
juste-au-corps1656
fore-belly1663
vest1666
justicoat1669
coat1670
amiculum1722
arba kanfot1738
slip1762
hap-warm1773
aba1792
Moldave1800
abaya1810
saya1811
tzitzit1816
cote-hardie1834
tobe1835
yelek1836
panties1845
cyclas1846
exomis1850
himation1850
jumper1853
blouse1861
peplum1866
exomion1875
confection1885
lammy1886
surquayne1887
bluey1888
fatigue-blouse1890
sling-jacket1900
top1902
sun top1934
sillapak1942
tank top1949
ao dai1961
tank1985
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > other
whites1582
trouse1612
pantaloon1661
trousers1676
sherryvallies1778
Wellington trousers1809
panties1845
prolongations1849
pettiloons1851
overtrousers1852
churidar1880
continuation1883
high water1898
sponge bag trousers1900
sponge bag1911
pettibockers1917
hip-hugger1939
pink1942
suntan1943
samfu trousers1955
hipsters1958
low riders1966
Mao trousers1967
bumsters1993
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of
panties1845
lederhosen1937
Bermuda shorts1938
walk shorts1944
Bermudas1954
knickers1954
skort1957
Jamaica shorts1959
baggies1962
cut-off1964
Jamaica1964
sleep-shorts1964
hot pants1970
batty riders1992
1845 Knickerbocker 26 433 If your panties weren't sheeted home at the bottom, you'd out-jump a monkey.
1848 W. E. Burton Waggeries & Vagaries 19 I hadn't on nothin'..only a blue cotting shirt and sail-cloth pantys.
1910 R. Kipling in Pearson's Mag. Oct. 360/2 The umpires, all in short panties, conferred.
1928 Weekly Disp. 27 May 15/7 Panties for boys and skirts for girls..are being made very short.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xviii. 82 And he was my gawd scared out of his panties.
1945 B. MacDonald Egg & I 18 A little boy named Waldo wet his panties while we were standing in front of the class for reading.
2.
a. Women's or girls' underpants; esp. short-legged or legless pants with an elasticated waist (now the usual sense). Also in extended use.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children)
knickerbocker1872
trouserettes1874
knickers1882
trolly1891
knicks1895
panties1904
skirt-knicker1908
Directoire knickers1911
panties1922
step-in1922
French knickers1925
scanty1928
passion-killer1943
parapants1944
tap pants1977
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > frill for chop
papillote1818
pantalettes1846
frill1866
panties1936
1904 Sydney Sportsman 24 Aug. 3/5 As she laid herself out to stride, the other fellows used to get a fine exhibition of absolutely naked girl from the waist down (for panties were the rare exception, and not the rule then).
1926 C. Hamitlon in Good Housek. July 186 It made me feel as if I ought to be wearing ringlets, panties to my ankles and a large hoop-skirt.
1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners ii. 42 There won't be any French chops with pink panties and a little bite of meat about the size of a peppermint lozenge.
1949 Sat. Evening Post 26 Mar. 35/2 Large bottles in woven straw panties stood on the checked table top.
1958 Times 25 Apr. 13/3 Brand new ex-Wren officers' silk/wool panties.
1976 J. Crosby Snake (1977) xxxv. 216 She..picked up her panties, and slipped them on.
1980 W. Percy Second Coming i. i. 8 She was in uniform, brief blue skirt flared to show gold panties.
2006 B. Byrd White Panties, Dead Friends 41 This afternoon..I found a pair of your white panties you had misplaced in my underwear drawer.
b. slang. to get one's panties in a bunch (also wad, knot, etc.): to become agitated or annoyed. Cf. to get one's knickers in a twist at twist n.1 16e.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] > become gradually
to work up1681
to get one's panties in a bunch1985
1985 Dave Barry (No Joke in this Article) in net.jokes (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Sept. A few other netters got there [sic] panties in a wad because the copyright laws were being broken.
1995 Arena Dec. 172/3 We got so much favourable publicity that a lot of people in Washington got their panties in a bunch and felt like we were defying their authority.
2002 N.Y. Mag 7 Jan. 20/1 Nice to see you with your panties in a bunch grasping for meaning in this world.
II. In singular form.
3. = sense 2a. See also Compounds 1, Compounds 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children)
knickerbocker1872
trouserettes1874
knickers1882
trolly1891
knicks1895
panties1904
skirt-knicker1908
Directoire knickers1911
panties1922
step-in1922
French knickers1925
scanty1928
passion-killer1943
parapants1944
tap pants1977
1922 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 29/1 A new form of undergarment... The bottom is fashioned on the order of the French panty, both long and full enough for utmost comfort.
1961 New Yorker 2 Dec. 48 Rogers places you there in the briefest baby doll and matching panty.
1996 S. Figiel Where we once Belonged (1998) 138 Never wear the same panty twice when you have the moon sickness.
Compounds
(Usually in singular.) C1.
a. General use as a modifier.
panty part n.
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1970 Focus June 11/3 No apparent dye loss when washed, but pantie part shrank an inch all round.
2003 Riverfront Times (St. Louis, Missouri) (Nexis) 1 Jan. She sticks her head through the center, puts her arms through the legholes and uses the panty part to flatten her breasts.
panty section n.
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1939 Reader's Digest May 107/2 There is nothing so mournful as a pantie manufacturer who cannot get space in the pantie section [of the garment-making area of New York City].
2003 Newsday (Nexis) 21 Apr. b15 The almost-invisible silk hose offers compression from the panty section down to the thighs, stomach, hips and bottom.
b. Objective.
panty manufacturer n.
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1939 Reader's Digest May 107/2 There is nothing so mournful as a pantie manufacturer who cannot get space in the pantie section [of the garment-making area of New York City].
1996 Times-Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 May c8 The panty manufacturers could still help other mothers if they would put a tag in the back.
c. Appositive.
panty briefs n.
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1951 C. W. Cunnington & P. Cunnington Hist. Underclothes 246 For sports, pantie trunks and pantie briefs.
2000 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Feb. g1 Summer shorts for women that are so skimpy they look like panty briefs.
panty trunks n.
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1951 C. W. Cunnington & P. Cunnington Hist. Underclothes 246 For sports, pantie trunks and pantie briefs.
C2.
panty leg n. and adj. (a) n. the leg part, or opening for the leg, of a pair of panties; (b) adj. having legs similar to those on a pair of panties or pantyhose.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > other
capedc1550
footeda1652
untuckered1713
yoked1852
flapped1860
long-trousered1866
panty leg1908
backless1926
shoulderless1928
wrap-over1960
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children) > leg of
panty leg1908
1908 M. E. Morgan How to dress Doll vi. 61 Face the arm~holes, neck and panty legs with a narrow facing.
1963 New Yorker 8 June 62 Favorite panty-leg bathing suit.
1966 Time 2 Dec. 53 Gold and silver pantyleg stockings..are selling so fast stores can't keep them in stock.
1998 R. J. Andreach Creating Self in Contemp. Amer. Theatre 5 Turning around, she snaps the elasticized panty legs, which do not cover her buttocks.
panty line n. the top or (esp.) bottom edge of a woman's underwear, typically when visible through another layer of clothing; usually in visible panty line (cf. VPL n. at V n. Additions).
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1977 ‘W. Allen’ & M. Brickman Annie Hall in Four Films Woody Allen (1982) 89 Rob. The one with the V.P.L. Alvy. V.P.L.? Rob. Visible panty line. Max, she is gorgeous.
1989 J. Burchill Phantom Nympho in Sex & Sensibility (1992) 36 She's back. I really thought I'd seen the back of her, visible pantyline and all.
1998 R. Ray Certain Age 103 I could see her pantyline through her skirt.
panty liner n. a small sanitary protection pad, thinner and less absorbent than a sanitary towel, often worn by non-menstruating women for everyday hygiene.
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1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 Feb. d7 Always will be marketed in maxi-pad, mini-pad and panty-liner forms.
1992 Retail World (Sydney) 11 May 20/7 Panty liners make up 12 per cent of the total fempro market.
1998 A. Warner Sopranos 91 She'd sleep in her shirt, a panty-liner keeping her knickers okay, the digital alarm clutched to her chest.
panty raid n. North American a prank in which men (typically at college or summer camp) steal underwear from women's accommodation; also in extended use.
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1946 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 12 Mar. 23/8 The onrush of spring was evident at Eau Claire State College Wednesday night when male students, estimated up to 200, staged a panty raid at Putnam Hall, a women's dormitory.
1968 Listener 3 Oct. 428/2 ‘I think we should organise a political panty raid.’ There is little organised opposition to the radicals from other students, although one group did deplore ‘holding members of the administration captive and burning irreplaceable files of professors who are unsympathetic.’
2001 Forward (Electronic ed.) 3 Aug. 1 Camps have long been known as places where kids can scream at the top of their lungs, dance to Israeli music blasted through loud speakers or run wild on late-night panty raids.
C3. With the sense ‘designating an undergarment for women which combines underpants with some other item of clothing’.
a. General attributive.
panty-belt n.
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1957 A. Adburgham in Punch 27 Mar. 419/1 How pert the little pantie-belt, blue-spotted, with its blue-spotted suspenders to match.
1992 S. Doubiago S. Amer. Mi Hija 24 Count the money inside your panty belts.
panty-blouse n.
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1971 Guardian 24 Aug. 9/1 Pantie-blouses are..the newest thing in all-in-one garments.
panty-brassiere n. now rare
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1925 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 87/3 Panty-brassiere, $12.
1936 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 27 Nov. 14/1 Satin pantie-brassiere sets..$1.69.
1954 U.S. Patent 2,682,662 1 Combination panty-brassière... It is essential to this garment that it have the combination of panties and brassière with a snug, elastic midriff section.
panty-stockings n.
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1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth vii. 104 The combined pantie-stockings she always wore.
2002 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 6 Aug. 1 c He went through color analysts the way some women go through panty stockings.
panty-tights n.
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1970 G. F. Newman Sir, you Bastard viii. 207 Her lunch-break dash to Selfridges for pantie-tights, or whatever.
1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 22 June 7 Independence Ltd..stock ‘Pantie Tights’, which have a cotton gusset so they can be worn without knickers.
b.
panty girdle n. a women's control undergarment combining pants with an elasticated corset.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > girdle
under-girdle?1533
girdle1925
panty girdle1941
shapewear1977
1941 H. A. Smith Low Man on Totem Pole 76 ‘You see’, she said, ‘a panty girdle is different from a girdle because it has legs in it... And it has the two-way stretch.’
1946 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 8 Nov. 12/2 Someone has just sent me a copy of an American fashion magazine... Here are a few sample sentences..‘Gentle discipline for curves in lacy lastex pantie-girdle’.
1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 312 (caption) Instant slimming pantee girdle. Front panel of elastic satin holds tummy in while allowing downward stretch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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