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单词 crotchless
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crotchlessadj.

Brit. /ˈkrɒtʃləs/, U.S. /ˈkrɑtʃləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: crotch n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < crotch n. + -less suffix.
Of a garment (esp. an item of women's underwear), etc.: designed so as to leave the crotch area uncovered.
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1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble iv. 39 He..bought her ten pairs of crotchless black underwear and she was perfect.
1990 Oakland (Mich.) Business Monthly (Nexis) Sept. i. 19 ‘About a third of the panties we sell are crotchless,’ Brown said. ‘It's very hard to keep crotchless black pantyhose in stock.’
1993 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. I dangle for hours... There's a harness I wear around my legs..—it's crotchless, thank God.
2001 Time Asia (Nexis) 10 Dec. 10 Grandparents hover over toddlers in crotchless trousers—in lieu of diapers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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