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briefies

briefies noun: short underpants (usually for women and girls). Also the plural of briefie.

Noun

briefies pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) Short underpants (usually for women and girls).
    • […] Mary’s briefies appeared to have been sprayed on, and her halter too.1951, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 23, in The Puppet Masters, New York: Signet, page 125
    • A whirlwind program loomed before me; I must hire a dinner coat, reserve a table at the Cocoanut Grove, have my teeth capped and my briefies monogrammed—in short, demonstrate that I was as suave a coxcomb as Greg Bautzer or Gene Markey.1961, S. J. Perelman, “In Pixie Land I’ll Take My Stand”, in The Rising Gorge, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 245

Also used as

briefies is also the plural of briefie.

Questions about briefies

What does briefies mean?
Briefies means short underpants (usually for women and girls).
What part of speech is briefies?
Briefies is a noun.

Words near briefies in the dictionary

  1. briefens
  2. briefer
  3. briefers
  4. briefest
  5. briefie
  6. briefies
  7. briefing
  8. briefing against
  9. briefing note
  10. briefing notes
  11. Briefingate

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