bikini briefs

noun

Underpants in a bikini bottom style, having less coverage than classic briefs.

Meanings

nounbikini briefs pl (plural only, attributive bikini brief)

attributive bikini brief

  1. pluralplural onlyUnderpants in a bikini bottom style, having less coverage than classic briefs.

    She was wearing bikini briefs that were neither colorful nor lacy.

    1986, Anna James, The Reluctant Swan, page 132
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    Even the man in the gray flannel suit is being offered new underwear options. In September, Brooks Brothers, home of the baggy boxer, will start selling Lycra bikini briefs and other, racier styles, though the labels are, for now, still on the inside.

    1994 August 14, Dan Shaw, “Unmentinables? No More”, in The New York Times, section 1, page 49

    The new campaign represents a gamble for Fruit of the Loom because the company does not want to alienate traditional, value-minded buyers as it tries to attract younger, less conventional consumers with offerings like men's boxers and boxer briefs and women's thongs and bikini briefs.

    1998 June 2, Stuart Elliott, “THE MEDIA BUSINESS:ADVERTISING; Fruit of the Loom redesigns its sales pitches with a modern edge for - no surprise -- 'fruitness.'”, in The New York Times, section D, page 6

    With his lime-green bikini briefs - his own - he looked great, like a guy in a sex magazine.

    2018, Bobbie Ann Mason, Patchwork: A Bobbie Ann Reader
  2. pluralplural onlyA bikini bottom.

    Her sponsor sent her bikini briefs and racing tops that she felt very uncomfortable wearing.

    2013, David A. Baron, Claudia L. Reardon, Steven H. Baron, Clinical Sports Psychiatry: An International Perspective, page 20
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    Maternity swimsuits come in two basic styles: two-piece models with expandable or bikini briefs and one-piece styles with blouson tops (see figure 6.11). Most mail-order and department stores offer limited variety in swimwear.

    1986, Rebecca Dumlao, The Expectant Mother’s Wardrobe Planner: A Fashion Workbook to Organize Today’s Mother-to-Be, Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book Company, →ISBN, page 61
  3. pluralplural onlyMale bikini-cut swim briefs.

    I expected Burt to be wimpish or emaciated without his detective dress suit, but he was quite the opposite. He obviously worked out regularly. His swimsuit wasn't one of those male bikini briefs, but he certainly could wear one.

    2023, Judy Spoon Ertel, Any Which Aweigh You Die

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