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View synonyms for boxer shorts

boxer shorts

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. men's loose-fitting undershorts with an elastic waistband.


boxer shorts

plural noun

  1. men's underpants shaped like shorts but having a front opening Also calledboxers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boxer shorts1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

When Singer removed his boxer shorts, the suit alleges, the teenager said, “I do not want to do that.”

She also snapped up several boxes of Calvin Klein boxer shorts.

They found him tied to his bed wearing nothing but boxer shorts.

She takes it gleefully, and announces "now I get to buy him new boxer shorts, too."

Then he reportedly took off his clothes and ran around in his bloodied boxer shorts screaming “I killed him.”

He clomped down the stairs with his cane, wearing a pair of boxer-shorts and rubber slippers.

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