BVDs
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
from the initials of an early manufacturer: Bradley, Voorhees & Day
Noun [edit]
BVDs (plural only)
- (informal, initialism) A type of men's long underwear.
- 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 97:
- We frolicked like dolphins – Graeme and I in shorts and Bob in his B.V.D.'s – and then stretched out on the ancient waveworn shingle to let the sinking sun dry and warm us.
- 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 97:
Usage notes [edit]
- To make clear the exact quantity being discussed may require the use of "pair of BVDs" or "(however many) pairs of BVDs".
See also [edit]
BVD on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:BVD- bividí
