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underhose

underhose noun: hose worn underneath other clothing.

Noun

underhose (uncountable)

  1. Hose worn underneath other clothing.
    • For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick. For it was no ordinary pocket, no, but a secret one, sewn on to the front of Erskine's underhose.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Origin of underhose

From under- + hose.

Questions about underhose

What does underhose mean?
Underhose means hose worn underneath other clothing.
What part of speech is underhose?
Underhose is a noun.

Words near underhose in the dictionary

  1. underhopes
  2. underhopped
  3. underhorsed
  4. underhorseman
  5. underhorsemen
  6. underhose
  7. underhouse
  8. underhoused
  9. underhousemaid
  10. underhousemaids
  11. underhue

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