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单词 smallclothes
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smallclothes

[ smawl-klohz, -klohthz ]
/ ˈsmɔlˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /
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plural noun

British. small, personal items of clothing, as underwear, handkerchiefs, etc.
knee breeches, especially the close-fitting ones worn in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.

Origin of smallclothes

First recorded in 1625–35; small + clothes

Words nearby smallclothes

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Example sentences from the Web for smallclothes

  • It is now the mode to wear buckles on your smallclothes, that you may loosen or tighten them at pleasure.

    The Robbers|Friedrich Schiller
  • No more will hoops and wigs add allure to the progress of beauty—nor peruke nor smallclothes invest the beau with grandeur.

    Seaport in Virginia|Gay Montague Moore

British Dictionary definitions for smallclothes

smallclothes
/ (ˈsmɔːlˌkləʊz, -ˌkləʊðz) /

pl n

men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
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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