nether-shirt
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Alternative forms
- nether shirt
Etymology
Noun
nether-shirt (plural nether-shirts)
- An undershirt.
- 1892, The Illustrated American:
- And not content with imparting this valuable information to the public, the editor of the great daily publishes the results of his investigations into the probable cost of a nether-shirt of such fine material, [...]
- 2005, Bradley M. Gottfried, Kearny's own:
- Because the men did not have uniforms, they presented a crazy quilt array of dress. "Many were shirtless, except the nether shirt, shoeless, hatless, and pantless — in fact, were quite 'less' in every way," Charles Hopkins noted.
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