Jockey shorts

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Jock′ey shorts`

Trademark. short, close-fitting underpants.

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Noun

Jockey shorts - short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)

briefs

underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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jockey shorts

pl → Jockeyshorts pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Jockey shorts

® npl → boxer mpl

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