as in boxer shorts
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Plural Noun
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Images published by the government in 2023 showed some of the first prisoners being transferred to the facility, stripped down to white boxer shorts, with their heads shaved, as they were forced to run into their cells.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025 -
The new collection features 24 items, including lace corset tops, thigh-high stockings, satin boxer shorts, and silky sleep sets, all modeled by Champion and Schwarzenegger.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
17 Mar. 2025
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Some dressed as their favorite superheroes, others in their long johns, while the bravest runners just wore fur bikinis and jockstraps.—
Gregory Wakeman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Therefore, this kind of underwear, the long johns style, evolved very naturally into boxing gear.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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There was no control group wearing regular underpants, so there's no way to claim that the invention prevented bedsores from occurring, but at the end of the trial period, none of the patients had developed them.—
Ashley P. Taylor,
Discover Magazine,
18 Oct. 2012
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Another first-round exit would make McCarthy’s underpants feel a little snugger.—
John Romano,
Dallas News,
11 Jan. 2023
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“Underdrawers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdrawers. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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