briefies

English

Noun

briefies pl (plural only)

1. plural of briefie
2. (plural only, dated) Short underpants (usually for women and girls).
   • 1951, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 23, in The Puppet Masters‎^[1], New York: Signet, page 125:

     […] Mary’s briefies appeared to have been sprayed on, and her halter too.

   • 1961, S. J. Perelman, “In Pixie Land I’ll Take My Stand”, in The Rising Gorge‎^[2], New York: Simon & Schuster, page 245:

     A whirlwind program loomed before me; I must hire a dinner coat, reserve a table at the Cocoanut Grove, have my teeth capped and my briefies monogrammed—in short, demonstrate that I was as suave a coxcomb as Greg Bautzer or Gene Markey.

   • 1992 September 16, Michael Kilian, “Here’s a talent that eludes any future Miss anything: Political correctness”, in Chicago Tribune:

     The lamentably, obnoxiously, insufferably tasteless broadcast fiend Howard Stern used to feature a beauty contest on his short-lived late, late, late-night TV show. He required his contestants to do vile, vulgar things like munch bananas and wrestle with potbellied men (talent?), then line up in the briefest of briefies and answer suggestive questions.

Synonyms

(short underpants): panties

Anagrams

• fiberise, fibreise