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gym knickers

gym knickers noun: large girls' underpants traditionally worn as shorts during school sports activities.

Noun

gym knickers pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only) Large girls' underpants traditionally worn as shorts during school sports activities.
    • "But instead of going there, I sneaked into the Trunchbull's room. And after a speedy search I found the drawer where she kept all her gym knickers."1989, Roald Dahl, Matilda
    • I never knew why they singled me out, though at the time I believed it was because my mother made me wear green gym knickers and everyone else's were navy or white.1993 October 11, Angela Lambert, The Independent

Questions about gym knickers

What does gym knickers mean?
Gym knickers means large girls' underpants traditionally worn as shorts during school sports activities.
What part of speech is gym knickers?
Gym knickers is a noun.

Words near gym knickers in the dictionary

  1. gym chalk
  2. gym clothes
  3. gym day
  4. gym days
  5. gym itch
  6. gym knickers
  7. gym muscles
  8. gym queen
  9. gym queens
  10. gym rat
  11. gym rats

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