"smallclothes" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: small + clothes Etymology templates: {{compound|en|small|clothes}} small + clothes Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} smallclothes pl (plural only)
  1. Knee-length breeches, worn especially in the 18th century. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-smallclothes-en-noun-bsDDO7Pr
  2. (British, archaic) Underwear and other small items of clothing. Tags: British, archaic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-smallclothes-en-noun-8INGNQhb Disambiguation of Clothing: 41 59 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 31 69

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