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jockey briefs

jockey briefs noun: men's or boys' briefs.

jockey briefs: men's or boys' briefs
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Noun

jockey briefs pl (plural only)

  1. (US, dated, informal, plural, plural-only) Men's or boys' briefs.
    • Stripped to his jockey briefs, he felt a coolness he had so wanted earlier.1988, Leoncio P. Deriada, Night Mares: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror, page 117
    • "One afternoon I'd been shopping for underwear," he wrote, "and had bought at least three dozen pairs of jockey briefs.2001, Ben Fong-Torres, The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio, page 139
    Synonyms:
    underwear

Synonyms of jockey briefs

Origin of jockey briefs

Less common variant of jockey shorts.

Questions about jockey briefs

What does jockey briefs mean?
Jockey briefs means men's or boys' briefs.
What part of speech is jockey briefs?
Jockey briefs is a noun.

Words near jockey briefs in the dictionary

  1. jockette
  2. jockettes
  3. jockey
  4. jockey box
  5. jockey boxes
  6. jockey briefs
  7. jockey for position
  8. jockey pants
  9. jockey pump
  10. jockey pumps
  11. jockey shorts

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