Boyshorts

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts. plural, plural-only

    "The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear."

Example

More examples

"The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear."

Etymology

From boy + shorts.

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