Meanings
nounbody linen (uncountable)
- historicaluncountableLinen used for clothing, especially underwear or nightwear.
The young lady remarked pleasantly that she had brought over her own, and her best, body-linen, and had left the older stuff on the other side, so as not to make too shabby a show in the alien territory.
1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 382
Translations
French linge de corps
- linge de corpslinen
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APA
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Chicago
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