What is "underthing"

Usage examples of "underthing".

With much difficulty, she chose a selection that included underthings trimmed with real Brussels lace, and real silk stockings.

She stared in wonder as the suit draped itself over the back of a chair, the blouse followed, and the appropriate underskirts, petticoats, and underthings followed it.

Then she put on a simple set of underthings, brand new, and of unadorned white silk.

She probably should have felt immodest without the proper underthings, but the truth was that this gown was far more comfortable than anything of a modern nature, and she could not blame the women belonging to the Pre-Raphaelite movement for adopting such outlandish garb as their own.

Out of the drawers of a chest next to it came white silk underthings, black stockings, a corset, black satin slippers.

She knew how much better it could make a girl feel, even if she was wearing second-hand garments, to have brand new underthings with an embroidered forget-me-knot border to make them special.

Three overstuffed chairs and a mangy green couch were piled high with discarded clothing, and on the floor lay shoes, stockings and underthings, as if she were in the habit of undressing as she walked and flinging her clothes as she went.

Times had been hard, and some of those underthings were pretty ragged.

Luke frowned, fighting a feeling that he was invading her privacy as he shoved her underthings into their proper drawer.

I filled my arms with underthings, dropped them in the suitcase, and went back for more.

The girls disrobed at once, pausing in different stages to point proudly to their garish underthings and bantering all the while with the gaunt and dissipated old man with the shabby long white hair and slovenly white unbuttoned shirt who sat cackling lasciviously in a musty blue armchair almost in the exact center of the room and bade Nately and his companions welcome with a mirthful and sardonic formality.

Davyd blushed anew as she came out of the water: her underthings clung to her so that she seemed like some scantily clad water nymph.

She was pleased to discover that Nancy had indeed done well for her, and she was grateful for the many fabrics and patterns and underthings she found within the boxes.