Definition of "smallclothes" []

• Men's close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century. (noun-plural)
• Chiefly British Small items of clothing, such as underwear or handkerchiefs. (noun-plural)

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• "He wore only a pair of the smallclothes he used for sleeping, and as he came to a sitting position, the muscles in his stomach tightened and his eyes lit up at the sight of food."
• "Lupa, wearing only a shift, was being pushed onto a bed by a skinny man, who wore only his smallclothes"
• "He toweled himself dry in front of one of the large iron stoves that kept the soaking room warm against the evening chill, and then dressed in smallclothes that had been washed and dried, and leathers that had been brushed completely clean."