jockey briefs

English

Etymology

Less common variant of jockey shorts.

Noun

jockey briefs pl (plural only)

(US, dated, informal) Men's or boys' briefs.
- 1988, Leoncio P. Deriada, Night Mares: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror, page 117:
  Stripped to his jockey briefs, he felt a coolness he had so wanted earlier.
- 2001, Ben Fong-Torres, The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio, page 139:
  "One afternoon I'd been shopping for underwear," he wrote, "and had bought at least three dozen pairs of jockey briefs.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:underwear

See also

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