boyshort

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Noun

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boyshort (uncountable)

  1. boyshorts
    • 2011, Jennifer Lynne Matthews-Fairbanks, Bare Essentials: Underwear, →ISBN:
      In this chapter, you will be introduced to a minor pattern manipulation to create a boyshort without a side seam.
    • 2012, Rebecca Apsan, Lessons in Lingerie: Finding Your Perfect Shade of Seduction, →ISBN, page 87:
      The full-cut boyshort, the skimpy thong's polar opposite, becomes the latest darling to wear downstairs.
    • 2018, Cora Harrington, In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie, →ISBN:
      A hipster is a hybrid style somewhere between a bikini, boyshort, and brief. Hipsters have a lower rise than a brief (usually at right around the hip bones, hence the name) but a higher rise than a traditional bikini. From the front, a hipster's wider sides resemble a boyshort.