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jockey briefs

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Men's or boys' briefs.

US, dated, informal, plural, plural-only

Examples

Stripped to his jockey briefs, he felt a coolness he had so wanted earlier.”
“"One afternoon I'd been shopping for underwear," he wrote, "and had bought at least three dozen pairs of jockey briefs.”
Finally home now, Mark dumps off his umpire gear in his garage and strips down to his Eddie Bauer jockey briefs and lays out his clothes to dry out first in the garage before he dare let them see the inside of any washing room clothes hamper.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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