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under wear

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un⋅der⋅wear

[uhn-der-wair]
–noun
clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
Also called underclothes, underclothing.


Origin:
1870–75; under- + wear
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underwear 
1872, from under + wear (n.). So called because it is worn under one's clothing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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