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small⋅clothes

[smawl-klohz, -klohthz]
–plural noun
1. British. small, personal items of clothing, as underwear, handkerchiefs, etc.
2. knee breeches, esp. the close-fitting ones worn in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.

Origin:
1625–35; small + clothes
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small·clothes   (smôl'klōthz', -klōz')   
pl.n.  
  1. Men's close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century.

  2. Chiefly British Small items of clothing, such as underwear or handkerchiefs.

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