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Keep "underpant" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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8 total sentences available.
Helene looked at the pallid child—her baby, whatever the world might say, even if the other woman was his mother fifty times over. He was wearing his pretty blue Sunday smock, and it was so filthy in front that it was practically matted. And one underpant leg hung down to the top of his boot.
Source: wiktionary
A leading hosiery manufacturer who is responsible for a successful supermarket pantyhose has recently been unsuccessful in approaching several underpant manufacturers proposing that they produce a panty for them to be marketed exclusively in convenience outlets.
Source: wiktionary
Nearly 80% of polypropylene spunbonded fabrics are used for diapers for infants. Previously, polypropylene nonwoven fabrics were used only for side gathers. However, with underpant-type diapers increasing, these fabrics have come to be used for a portion of the back-sheet as well.
Source: wiktionary
A trawl through Kargil’s backstreets turns up underpant sellers, flip-flops made from recycled tyres, haberdashers, barbers and severed goats’ heads displayed on bookshelves.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include underpants.
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