Meaning of briefies | Babel Free

Definitions

Short underpants (usually for women and girls).

dated, plural, plural-only

Examples

“[…] Mary’s briefies appeared to have⟳ been sprayed on, and her halter too.”

“A whirlwind program⟳ loomed before me; I must hire⟳ a dinner coat, reserve⟳ a table at the Cocoanut Grove, have⟳ my teeth capped and my briefies monogrammed—in short, demonstrate⟳ that I was as suave a coxcomb as Greg Bautzer or Gene Markey.”

“The lamentably, obnoxiously, insufferably tasteless broadcast⟳ fiend Howard Stern used to feature a beauty contest on his short-lived late, late, late-night TV show⟳. He required his contestants to do vile, vulgar things like⟳ munch bananas and wrestle⟳ with potbellied men (talent?), then line up in the briefest of briefies and answer⟳ suggestive questions.”

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