Boxer shorts

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Shorts worn as underwear by men. plural, plural-only

    "The average man's wardrobe holds eight pairs of boxer shorts or briefs; the average woman's, twice as many undies."

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"The average man's wardrobe holds eight pairs of boxer shorts or briefs; the average woman's, twice as many undies."

Etymology

Named after the shorts worn by those who engage in boxing, as their elasticity is comparable to that of what boxers must wear for unhindered leg movement.