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underlinen

noun

Etymology

From under + linen.

  1. derived from *līno-✻
  2. derived from *līną✻
  3. inherited from *līnīn✻
  4. inherited from līnen
  5. inherited from lynnen
  6. compounded as underlinen — “under + linen”

Definitions

  1. Underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen)

    Underwear (especially, but not always, made of linen); any undergarment.

    • In an open space before the church walked a woman with her gown-sleeves rolled up so high that the edge of her underlinen was visible, and her skirt tucked up through her pocket hole.
    • He did so, and I commenced to don, "Well, Jeeves," I said, reaching for the underlinen, "here we are again at Brinkley Court in the county of Worcestershire."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA