Meanings
- pluralplural of boardie
- AustraliaNew ZealandBoardshorts.
Every so often families in bikinis, boardies and sarongs traipse past on their way back from the beach and look in.
2010, Matt Preston, “A Pilgrimage to El Bulli”, in Don George, Janet Austin, editors, A Moveable Feast, Lonely Planet, page 1212 more examples
I find them a curiously confronting sight, dressed in thongs, boardies and Victoria Bitter singlets, and shrouded in Australian flags.
2009, Paul Daley, Beersheba: A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War, page 313Sadly he was later parted from his beloved leopard print boardies when he left them drying on his tent in Rome, and a bypasser took off with them. More sadly that meant that someone else out there also thought that leopard print boardies were a ‘must have’ fashion item.
2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench - It's A Tour, Not A Holiday, unnumbered page
Synonyms & antonyms
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