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One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.