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tight whites

tight whites is the alternative form of tighty whities.

Meaning of tighty whities

Noun

tighty whities pl (plural only, attributive tighty-whitey)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, often, plural, plural-only) Men's or boys' traditionally white briefs.
    • Forbes, in his tighty whities and black socks, seems an incongruous apparition against the sense of home the kitchen implies.1999, Noah Hawley, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, page 345

Questions about tight whites

What is tight whites the alternative form of?
Tight whites is the alternative form of tighty whities.

Words near tight whites in the dictionary

  1. tight slap
  2. tight slaps
  3. tight spot
  4. tight spots
  5. tight squeeze
  6. tight whites
  7. tight-arse
  8. tight-arsed
  9. tight-arses
  10. tight-ass
  11. tight-assed

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