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"ref": "2003 October 6, Claudia Wallis, “The thing about thongs”, in Time",
"text": "The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear.",
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{
"ref": "2008 April 8, Ada Edemariam, “The rise of pants campaigns”, in The Guardian",
"text": "This time round BarelyPolitical.com has got in on the act, selling skimpy red boy-shorts with \"OBAMA\" written in big white lettering across the back.",
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"A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts."
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"word": "booty shorts"
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{
"word": "hot pants"
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{
"word": "batty rider"
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"word": "boy shorts"
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"word": "boy-shorts"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "underwear",
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"masculine"
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"word": "shorty"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "underwear",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "garçonne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "underwear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Boxerslip"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "underwear",
"word": "boxeralsó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "underwear",
"word": "franciabugyi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bōireggu",
"sense": "underwear",
"word": "ボーイレッグ"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "underwear",
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"word": "boxertrosor"
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"ref": "2008 April 8, Ada Edemariam, “The rise of pants campaigns”, in The Guardian",
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"word": "garçonne"
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"masculine"
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"word": "boxeralsó"
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"word": "franciabugyi"
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"word": "ボーイレッグ"
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"word": "boxertrosor"
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"word": "boyshorts"
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