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boxer-briefs

boxer-briefs is the alternative form of boxer briefs.

Meaning of boxer briefs

Noun

boxer briefs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A style of underpants for men that combines the snugness of briefs with the longer length of boxer shorts.
    • "Wait. Well, well… lookie here!" Monika says as she lifts the top of Derek's suitcase. "Seems like your boy wears boxer briefs, wears Calvin Klein cologne, and plays poker.2013, Simon Elkeles, Wild Cards - Volume 1, page 109

Questions about boxer-briefs

What is boxer-briefs the alternative form of?
Boxer-briefs is the alternative form of boxer briefs.

Words near boxer-briefs in the dictionary

  1. Boxer Rebellion
  2. boxer short
  3. boxer shorts
  4. boxer's fracture
  5. boxer's fractures
  6. boxer-briefs
  7. boxer-short
  8. boxercise
  9. boxered
  10. Boxerism
  11. boxerly

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