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body linen

body linen noun: linen used for clothing, especially underwear or nightwear.

Noun

body linen (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Linen used for clothing, especially underwear or nightwear.
    • The young lady remarked pleasantly that she had brought over her own, and her best, body-linen, and had left the older stuff on the other side, so as not to make too shabby a show in the alien territory.1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 382

Questions about body linen

What does body linen mean?
Body linen means linen used for clothing, especially underwear or nightwear.
What part of speech is body linen?
Body linen is a noun.

Words near body linen in the dictionary

  1. body language
  2. body languages
  3. body leasing
  4. body lice
  5. body line
  6. body linen
  7. body lines
  8. body lock
  9. body lotion
  10. body lotions
  11. body louse

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