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lingerie

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lin=ge=rie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lingerie has 1 sense

lingerie(n = noun.artifact) intimate apparel - women's underwear and nightclothes; Array

has particulars: gown, night-robe, nightdress, nightgown, nightie, undies

is a kind of underclothes, underclothing, underwear

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CIDE DICTIONARY

lingerie, n. [F.].

Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

lingerie, n. women's underwear and nightclothes.

Etymology

F f. linge linen

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