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caleçon — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drawers noun Underwear worn on the legs, especially loose-fitting undergarments.
  • pants noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.
  • underpants noun A piece of underwear covering the lower torso and genitals, worn beneath outer clothing.

Senses

caleçon is used for these senses in English:

  • boxer shorts Shorts worn as underwear by men.
  • drawers (dated, or, regional, informal) Underpants, especially long underpants.
  • pants (chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]
  • underpants Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.

pants — full definition

  1. noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.
  2. noun An undergarment covering the lower body; underpants.
  3. adj Informal British slang for something of poor quality or disappointing.

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