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Meaning of jockey shorts | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Men's or boys' briefs.

US, dated, informal, plural, plural-only

Examples

“He had left his swimming suit at home, but going around in his jockey shorts seemed a good substitute.”
“Back in his stateroom, sitting in his black jockey shorts, Scotty once again felt the exhaustion creep back into his body.”
“In my jockey shorts I quickly tiptoed on bare feet down the still corridor to embrace my beaming rosy-cheeked bedfellow before the elevator arrived.”
“We sat in our jockey shorts and t-shirts drinking whiskey.”

CEFR level

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

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