Smallclothes

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. Men's close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century.
  • noun-plural. Chiefly British Small items of clothing, such as underwear or handkerchiefs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 18th century knee-breeches
  • n. (UK) underwear and other small items of clothing
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See breeches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Knee-breeches, as distinguished from pantaloons and trousers; especially, the close-fitting knee-breeches of the eighteenth century. Also short clothes and smalls.
  • Word Usage
    "He wore only a pair of the smallclothes he used for sleeping, and as he came to a sitting position, the muscles in his stomach tightened and his eyes lit up at the sight of food."
    Variant
    breeches