scanties
/ˈskæntiz/
scanties noun: small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.
Noun
scanties pl (plural only)
- Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.
- Reluctant to leave that adored image of a Narcissus reverie, Sadie removed her slip and scanties and brassière, thereby revealing an imposition practised on the male eye by that support, for Sadie's breasts were not the resolute, cup-shaped adornments it moulded under her frock, but drooped when...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 7
- […] and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
scanties meaning in Bengali
scanties in Bengali
- ছোট প্যান্টি, নারী, মেয়েদের জন্য অল্পবাস অন্তর্বাস
Origin of scanties
From scanty + -s.
Questions about scanties
- What does scanties mean?
- Scanties means small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.
- What is scanties in Bengali?
- Scanties in Bengali is ছোট প্যান্টি, নারী, মেয়েদের জন্য অল্পবাস অন্তর্বাস. See Scanties meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is scanties?
- Scanties is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scanties?
- Scanties is pronounced /ˈskæntiz/ (US).
Words near scanties in the dictionary
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