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tighty-whities

tighty-whities 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-whities

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

Words near tighty-whities in the dictionary

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

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