undiesn.
/ˈʌndɪz/, U.S. /ˈəndiz/ colloquial.
1. With plural agreement. Articles of girls' or women's underclothing.
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1906 Punch 30 May 384/3 She'd blouses for Sundays, And marvellous ‘undies’ Concocted of ribbons and lace.
1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 771/2 Manufacturing women's under-wear, or ‘undies’ as they are coyly called.
1920 A. Bennett Our Women i. 35 You have only to reflect..upon the astonishing public importance given to what are delicately known as ‘undies’.
1924 B. Gilbert Bly Market 349 Alice Dodsworth put on her best undies.
1939 A. Ransome Secret Water xxvii. 321 Go on, Bridgie. Off with your things. Undies too.
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 107 Arlette..knows I'm not just belting off for the afternoon because of the black undies.
2. Occasionally as singular undy.
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1928 A. P. Herbert Trials of Topsy xxv. 152 The Undy Vote was ours to a man likewise the Milliner vote.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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