[
UK
/ˌʌndəklˈəʊðz/
]
NOUN
- undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
How To Use underclothes In A Sentence
- She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
- He had asked to wear thick underclothes under his shirt as he was very concerned that if he shivered in the cold, the crowd might think that he was scared.
- What had caught his eye was the bright red of her underclothes against the green of the grass in the early morning light. THE BOOK LADY
- Nightclothes and underclothes, shoes, hats, gloves, and a gentleman's grooming kit for me completed our shopping.
- When I got better and could talk as much as I pleased, she wanted to know how many of us there were, what we did, and how we did it: what we ate, and what kind of underclothes we wore in winter, and how many times a week we bathed all over; when we got up, and what we studied, and how long we sewed each day, and how long we played, and when we went to bed -- and all sorts of other things. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"
- The soldier lifted her skirt and cut away her underclothes. THE INNOCENT
- Her underclothes is that stained up with it that I'm ashamed to hang 'em out. Tish
- This leads Justice Stephen Breyer to query whether this is all that different from asking Redding to “change into a swimming suit or your gym clothes,” because, “why is this a major thing to say strip down to your underclothes, which children do when they change for gym?” Tomorrow’s Supreme Court Rumors Today « Gerry Canavan
- When his sectioning was renewed, Henry would scratch his arms, bang his head against the wall, go barefoot, refuse to wear underclothes, and then, just as we were despairing, he would rally and become calmer and more rational. Henry’s Demons
- BELLO: (SATIRICALLY) By day you will souse and bat our smelling underclothes also when we ladies are unwell, and swab out our latrines with dress pinned up and a dishclout tied to your tail. Ulysses