Thus Sahagun and Brasseur de Bourbourg describe the Toltecs as dressed in undergarments and mantles on which blue scorpions were painted,[366] while the latter author in another place says that they went entirely naked.
Wardrop had been taking a long walk; he got back about five, and as Miss Letitia was in the middle of a diatribe against whiteundergarments for colored children, Margery and he had a half-hour alone together.
I had known, of course, that it must come, but under the circumstances, with my whole future existence at stake, I was vague as to whether it was colored undergarments on white orphans or the other way round.
The simplest departure from pure white undergarments is to be found in the well-known natural coloured members of the knitting industry, which are usually pants, shirts and combination garments.
The nature of the tint for undergarments is important, and a connoisseur will be able to distinguish quite a number of qualities in a white garment.
For undergarments which are seldom noted in wear for general purposes, the rôle of colour is slight and the prevailing tints are white, cream or mixture varieties of the natural or tinted class.
For this reason, woolen undergarments are always recommended for those climbing mountains or in occupations where violent exercise is likely to be followed by rest or quiet in cold air.
From overcoat and hat to shoes and undergarments he would be Mr. Marcus K.
Grandmother Allen also showed them some old lace and undergarments which were decorated with lovely embroidery.
Sometimes undergarments are made in sweatshops under very undesirable conditions for health.
Just after luncheon Aunt Selina brought me some undergarments of Jim's to be patched.
It was well they had all taken the precautions to don thick undergarments and clothing, for, even through the heavy rubber diving suits, the terrible cold of the southern polar sea struck a chill to their very bones.
Stripped to their undergarments the adventurers were obliged to lie down on the floor of the cabin where it was a little cooler.
Pollyanna, smiling bravely now, flew about, hanging the dresses in the closet, stacking the books on the table, and putting away the undergarments in the bureau drawers.
Her scrutiny of theundergarments finished, she turned to Pollyanna somewhat abruptly.
Next she bestowed frowning attention on the patched undergarments in the bureau drawers.
Dear Sir:--There has been a want in the truly hygienic features in the undergarments so generally offered, which has in many cases added obstacles in the treatment of certain diseases.
Dear Sir:--I take pleasure in stating that the members of this department who used your undergarments (ex.
In this peculiar and ever changing climate of ours, it is important to wear woolen undergarments the year round.
I have had knowledge of these undergarments sufficiently long to justify me in stating very positively that I regard them as a valuable means of protecting the surface of the body from the climatic changes to which it is much exposed.
Dear Sir:--There is indeed need ofundergarments as you manufacture in a climate so variable.
For the delicate, the scrofulous, and the rheumatic, flannel undergarments are especially desirable.
Woolen undergarments rapidly absorb the excretions from the skin.
To speak bluntly, we do not change our undergarments with sufficient frequency.
Owing to the carelessness of servants and others it is not going too far to say that four times in five undergarments are put on in a state of semi-dampness.
Tom, alias Betterly, who was trying to sell some mysterious undergarments to a fat old woman, caught sight of me, the Editor aforesaid, and winked.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "undergarments" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: linen; undergarments; unmentionable
