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panties

[pan-teez] Origin

pant·ies

[pan-teez]
noun (used with a plural verb)
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
Also, pantie, panty.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; plural of panty

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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pant·ie

[pan-tee]
noun

Origin:
variant of panty

pant·y

[pan-tee]
noun, plural pant·ies.

Origin:
pant(s) + -y2
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panties (ˈpæntɪz)
 
pl n
a pair of women's or children's underpants

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Word Origin & History

panties
1845, "drawers for men" (derogatory), dim. of pants; meaning "underpants for women or children" first recorded 1908. Panty raid first attested 1952.
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