bikini briefs

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English

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A man wearing bikini briefs

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bikini briefs pl (plural only)

  1. underpants in a bikini bottom style, having less coverage than classic briefs.
    • 1986, Anna James, The Reluctant Swan, page 132:
      She was wearing bikini briefs that were neither colorful nor lacy.
    • 2018, Bobbie Ann Mason, Patchwork: A Bobbie Ann Reader:
      With his lime-green bikini briefs - his own - he looked great, like a guy in a sex magazine.
  2. A bikini bottom.
    • 1986, Rebecca Dumlao, The Expectant Mother’s Wardrobe Planner: A Fashion Workbook to Organize Today’s Mother-to-Be, Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book Company, →ISBN, page 61:
      Maternity swimsuits come in two basic styles: two-piece models with expandable or bikini briefs and one-piece styles with blouson tops (see figure 6.11). Most mail-order and department stores offer limited variety in swimwear.
    • 2013, David A. Baron, Claudia L. Reardon, Steven H. Baron, Clinical Sports Psychiatry: An International Perspective, page 20:
      Her sponsor sent her bikini briefs and racing tops that she felt very uncomfortable wearing.
  3. Male bikini-cut swim briefs.
    • 2023, Judy Spoon Ertel, Any Which Aweigh You Die:
      I expected Burt to be wimpish or emaciated without his detective dress suit, but he was quite the opposite. He obviously worked out regularly. His swimsuit wasn't one of those male bikini briefs, but he certainly could wear one.

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