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Webster 1913 Edition
Underthing
Un′der--thingˊ
,Noun.
Something that is inferior and of little worth.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Definition 2024
underthing
underthing
English
Noun
underthing (plural underthings)
- (chiefly in the plural) An undergarment.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
- 'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'
- 1979, Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around (page 64)
- My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover