Under-kimono

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A garment worn underneath a kimono.

    "The same radio broadcast had also warned that red undergarments should be hidden, because the glimpse of that colour would inflame the passions of the troops to rape. And so it was that the red under-kimono were also cut up or otherwise disposed of."

Example

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"The same radio broadcast had also warned that red undergarments should be hidden, because the glimpse of that colour would inflame the passions of the troops to rape. And so it was that the red under-kimono were also cut up or otherwise disposed of."

Etymology

From under- + kimono.

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