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pant⋅ies
[pan-teez] 
–noun (used with a plural verb
)
) | underpants or undershorts for women and children. |
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| pant·ie or pant·y (pān'tē) n. pl. pant·ies Short underpants for women or children. Often used in the plural. [Diminutive of pant2.] |
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panties
1845, "drawers for men" (derogatory), dim. of pants; meaning "underpants for women or children" first recorded 1908. Pantyhose first recorded 1963. Pantywaist "weak or effeminate male" is 1936, from a type of child's garment with short pants that buttoned to the waist of a shirt. Panty raid first attested 1952.
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