as in boxer shorts
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Plural Noun
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On November 19, 2025, the star stepped out for the film’s Berlin premiere, embracing the sheer trend in a sapphire gown that revealed a black bralette and silky boxer shorts underneath.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Smyth used a pair of (clean) boxer shorts to cover the overhead fixture, and instantly, the entire mood changed.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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My husband, Jason, and I set out in waterproof pants and long johns, and took in bare trees strung with red hearts and spinning ornaments.—
Tamara Shopsin,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Dec. 2025
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Axelsson bet his woollen long johns and his cold-weather gear, and lost it all; Pike lost his socks.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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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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The crucial sequence of Goofy and Max finding Huey Newton’s Rattan throne in the back of a thrift store, for instance, is replaced by the two of them being menaced by Bigfoot, who winds up with a pair of Goofy’s underpants stuck to his head.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2022
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“Underdrawers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdrawers. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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