jockey shorts

Jockey shorts
    n 1: short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)
         [syn: {briefs}, {Jockey shorts}]
    

jockey shorts \jock"ey shorts`\ (j[o^]k"[=e] sh[^o]rts), n. pl.
   [from a Tradename.]
   A type of men's underpants without legs, fitting tightly and
   held by an elastic waistband; also called {briefs}.
   Originally a tradename, the term has become common for that
   type of underpants.
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Brief \Brief\ (br[=e]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf. {Breve}.]
   1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few
      words.
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            Bear this sealed brief,
            With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. --Shak.
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            And she told me
            In a sweet, verbal brief.             --Shak.
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   2. An epitome.
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            Each woman is a brief of womankind.   --Overbury.
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   3. (Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's
      case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial
      at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the
      heads or points of a law argument.
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            It was not without some reference to it that I
            perused many a brief.                 --Sir J.
                                                  Stephen.
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   Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in
         the United States, counsel generally make up their own
         briefs.
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   4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See {Breve}, n., 2.
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   5. (Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to
      any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge
      to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their
      verdict to pronounce sentence.
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   6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a
      collection or charitable contribution of money in
      churches, for any public or private purpose. [Eng.]
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   7. pl. a type of men's underpants without legs, fitting
      tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called
      {Jockey shorts}.
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   {Apostolical brief}, a letter of the pope written on fine
      parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the
      secretary of briefs, dated "a die Nativitatis," i. e.,
      "from the day of the Nativity," and sealed with the ring
      of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its
      parchment, written character, date, and seal. See {Bull}.
      

   {Brief of title}, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds
      and other papers constituting the chain of title to any
      real estate.

   {In brief}, in a few words; in short; briefly. "Open the
      matter in brief." --Shak.
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