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underlinens

underlinens is the plural of underlinen.

Meaning of underlinen

Noun

underlinen (countable and uncountable, plural underlinens)

  1. (dated) Underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen); any undergarment.
    • Suddenly she announced her intention of becoming a nun--sold her house and lovely garden, where she had spent so many happy hours with her flowers and her birds, distributed her pretty things among her friends, and accepted all the small trials of strict convent life--no bath, nor mirror, coarse...1914, Mary King Waddington, My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879

Questions about underlinens

What is underlinens the plural of?
Underlinens is the plural of underlinen.

Words near underlinens in the dictionary

  1. underlineation
  2. underlineations
  3. underlined
  4. underlinement
  5. underlinen
  6. underlinens
  7. underliner
  8. underliners
  9. underlines
  10. underling
  11. underlings

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