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tighty-whiteys

tighty-whiteys 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 tighty-whiteys

What is tighty-whiteys the alternative form of?
Tighty-whiteys is the alternative form of tighty whities.

Words near tighty-whiteys in the dictionary

  1. tightwire
  2. tightwires
  3. tighty whiteys
  4. tighty whities
  5. tighty-whitey
  6. tighty-whiteys
  7. tighty-whities
  8. Tigkan
  9. tiglaldehyde
  10. Tigley
  11. Tiglian

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