underhose

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ hose.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underhose (uncountable)

  1. Hose worn underneath other clothing.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
      For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick. For it was no ordinary pocket, no, but a secret one, sewn on to the front of Erskine's underhose.
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