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shreddies
noun
male underpants; army-issue underpants; panties; female underwear UK
Originally a reference to the stereotypically disgusting state of bachelor’s underwear; Shreddies, a branded breakfast cereal, are brown and have a woven appearance.- — American Speech, p. 400, Winter 1991: “Among the new words”
- That didn’t stop the guys lying out after lunch and sunbathing in their shreddies. — Chris Ryan, Stand By, Stand By, p. 154, 1996
- “All right girls, sorry to burst in on you in your shreddies,” and they said, “These ain’t our shreddies, Tommy, we’re in costume,” and it’s true, them bras and knickers was their stage costumes. — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 82, 2002
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