lingerie
noun/ˈlɒ̃ʒəri/
/ˌlɑːndʒəˈreɪ/
[uncountable]- (used especially by shops/stores) women’s underwearTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from linge ‘linen’.
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