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underclotheses

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un⋅der⋅clothes

  [uhn-der-klohz, -klohthz]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. clothes worn under outer clothes.
2. underwear.
Also called un⋅der⋅cloth⋅ing  [uhn-der-kloh-thing] .

Origin:
1825–35; under- + clothes

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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