different between underwear vs balbriggan

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From under- +? wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.

underwear (uncountable)

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
(colloquial) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
- 1998, Banjo-Kazooie, Rareware.
- 2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire
  “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.

From Balbriggan, a place in Ireland.

balbriggan (plural balbriggans)

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