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boxer short

boxer short noun: boxer shorts. Also the attributive form of boxer shorts.

Noun

boxer short

  1. (uncommon) Boxer shorts.
    • Following the success of Klein’s designer underwear, other designers launched their own ranges, with some following Klein’s lead to produced variations of the staple white brief or traditional boxer short.2012, Shaun Cole, The Story of Men’s Underwear, Parkstone International, →ISBN, page 105
    • The symbolic status of the boxer short is enhanced by the various materials (workmanlike cotton or more glamorous satin) that they can be made out of and the numerous patterns that these fabrics may display: […]2022, David Scott, Between Friends, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN

Also used as

boxer short is also the attributive form of boxer shorts.

Questions about boxer short

What does boxer short mean?
Boxer short means boxer shorts.
What part of speech is boxer short?
Boxer short is a noun.

Words near boxer short in the dictionary

  1. boxer
  2. boxer briefs
  3. boxer engine
  4. boxer engines
  5. Boxer Rebellion
  6. boxer short
  7. boxer shorts
  8. boxer's fracture
  9. boxer's fractures
  10. boxer-briefs
  11. boxer-short

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