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jockey shorts

noun

Etymology

Former trade name, from jockstrap, since they were regarded as offering a similar level of physical support.

Definitions

  1. Men's or boys' briefs.

    • He had left his swimming suit at home, but going around in his jockey shorts seemed a good substitute.
    • Back in his stateroom, sitting in his black jockey shorts, Scotty once again felt the exhaustion creep back into his body.
    • In my jockey shorts I quickly tiptoed on bare feet down the still corridor to embrace my beaming rosy-cheeked bedfellow before the elevator arrived.

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