Meanings
- informalpluralplural onlySkimpy underwear.
Choosing lingerie "is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing," said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye.
2007 October 25, Ruth La Ferla, “Now it's nobody's secret”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- pluralplural of flimsy
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of flimsy
Origin
From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
flimsies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimsies
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