jockey briefs

English

Etymology

Less common variant of jockey shorts.

Noun

jockey briefs pl (plural only)

  1. (US, dated, informal) Men's or boys' briefs.
    • 1988, Leoncio P. Deriada, Night Mares: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror, page 117:
      Stripped to his jockey briefs, he felt a coolness he had so wanted earlier.
    • 2001, Ben Fong-Torres, The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio, page 139:
      "One afternoon I'd been shopping for underwear," he wrote, "and had bought at least three dozen pairs of jockey briefs.
    • 2011, Stephen Duncan, Just a Fan:
      Finally home now, Mark dumps off his umpire gear in his garage and strips down to his Eddie Bauer jockey briefs and lays out his clothes to dry out first in the garage before he dare let them see the inside of any washing room clothes hamper.

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