underdrawers

underdrawers noun: underpants.

Noun

underdrawers pl (plural only)

(dated, plural, plural-only) underpants.
- They put on her a purple vest, thickly embroidered with gold and pearls, underdrawers of scarlet silk, and gauze trousers (such as Eastern women wear) of many folds.1901, Maurice Hewlett, The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
- Then, his laughter suddenly booming out he bunched his muscles and a black haired giant of a man in shirt and underdrawers was jerked floundering out of his bunk to the middle of the room.1916, Jackson Gregory, The Short Cut

جانگیا, زیرجامہ

He was quite an imposing spectacle in his bare feet, with his trousers rolled up to his great knees, thereby revealing his scarlet flannel underdrawers.1919, Peter B. Kyne, Captain Scraggs:
His extra shirt, instead of being wadded into the fore-end of the saddlebag on top of a pair of socks, had been stuffed into the hinder end on top of a pair of underdrawers.1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range:

From under- + drawers.

What does underdrawers mean?: Underdrawers means underpants.
What is underdrawers in Urdu?: Underdrawers in Urdu is جانگیا, زیرجامہ. See Underdrawers meaning in Urdu.
How do you use underdrawers in a sentence?: He was quite an imposing spectacle in his bare feet, with his trousers rolled up to his great knees, thereby revealing his scarlet flannel underdrawers.
What part of speech is underdrawers?: Underdrawers is a noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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