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long-handled underwear
Slang
warm underwear having ankle-length legs and, usually, long sleeves.
1937
 
(1950)
 
I wear light wool "long-handled" underwear. . . .
1947
 
On shelves, behind the counter, is long handled underwear that men and women alike purchase and wear.
1966
 
All around me, in their double-decker bunks, lay sleeping lumberjacks clad in their sweaty long-handled underwear. . . .