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[ DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS]
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| ... kiwi (formerly known as Chinese gooseberry) kia ora: Maori for hello knackered: Exhausted (from Knacker, an archaic profession whose practitioners destroyed old horses) Knickers:underpants, bloomers, shorts, more generally, pants. "Don''t get your knickers in a twist" = Don''t get upset (familiar, but not rude. Origin "the Basil Brush Show", a ... |
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[ ITALIAN FICTION]
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| ... number etc. That way, all he has to do is buy gas, get a prescription for sleeping pills or buy a pair of damn underpants in a department store and we'll nail him. Third, find the three commandos who have the bombs and eliminate them on the spot, before proceeding ... |
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[ DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS]
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| ... shirt [U.S.]; shirt, sark[obs3], smock, shift, chemise; night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt; bedgown[obs3], sac de nuit[Fr]. underclothes[underclothing], underpants, undershirt; slip[for women], brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle &c. (circle) 247; stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock[for men], athletic supporter, ... |
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[ DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS]
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| ... costumier, sempstress[obs3], snip; dressmaker, habitmaker[obs3], breechesmaker[obs3], shoemaker; Crispin; friseur[Fr]; cordwainer[obs3], cobbler, hosier[obs3], hatter; draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer. [underpants for babies] diaper, nappy[obs3][Brit]; disposable diaper, cloth diaper; Luvs[brand names for diapers], Huggies. V. invest; cover &c. 223; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap[ ... |
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[ AMERICAN]
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| ... loud: two pairs of navy trousers, two navy button shirts, one pair of brown boots, one outer coat, one woollen hat, two pairs of underpants, two pairs of socks, and one pair of white pyjamas. "Your cot is the last one in the first row, all the way at the ... |
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[ AMERICAN]
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| ... had thought if he didn't talk people would think he was invisible. His mother got down from the table. She picked up her underpants, putting them on quickly, then reached for her coat, covering up. "Seven," she answered. The man looked at Tac. "When was he born?" he asked. " ... |
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[ AMERICAN]
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| ... towards the white door. She struggled, punching at him, kicking. Using his body weight, the man pressed her against the wall, fumbling for her underpants, pulling them to her knees. She screamed. Tac ran to them but was knocked aside. The man reached for the knob to the white door, ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... loud: two pairs of navy trousers, two navy button shirts, one pair of brown boots, one outer coat, one woollen hat, two pairs of underpants, two pairs of socks, and one pair of white pyjamas. "Your cot is the last one in the first row, all the way at the ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... had thought if he didn't talk people would think he was invisible. His mother got down from the table. She picked up her underpants, putting them on quickly, then reached for her coat, covering up. "Seven," she answered. The man looked at Tac. "When was he born?" he asked. " ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... towards the white door. She struggled, punching at him, kicking. Using his body weight, the man pressed her against the wall, fumbling for her underpants, pulling them to her knees. She screamed. Tac ran to them but was knocked aside. The man reached for the knob to the white door, ... |
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[ MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS]
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| ... exodus of those soldiers who, for fear of being taken by the Germans, escaped in plain-clothes, stray, without coat, some barefoot, others in underpants, torn, hungry. They passed through the country asking for lodging and food as ragamuffins, covering one hundred, a thousand kilometers quite always on foot. Those ... |
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