Noun : That subject was classed among the unmentionables. From Dictionary.com.
I have like 60 pairs of socks and unmentionables, meaning I only have to do laundry 6 times a year. From Wordnik.com. [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference
This is not about "unmentionables" but rather a different visual unmentionable: the pictures of our current wars dead, wounded, and dying. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Horowitz: Here Come the Brides] Reference
London has been walled off, and the countryside is riddled with zombies (politely referred to as "unmentionables"). From Wordnik.com. [Malnurtured Snay] Reference
Zombies are referred to as "unmentionables" or "dreadfuls," as if using more descriptive terms might poison the speaker. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
In this dilemma, the happy thought struck Mr McCarthy of fashioning a pair of "unmentionables" out of penguin skins; and he had no sooner. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
"unmentionables" are concealed, a fact which of itself is sufficient to make him look a little baggy. From Wordnik.com. [Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm] Reference
Not to mention the unmentionables on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Smiley: We're There Now] Reference
French unmentionables, and natty, polished boots with spurs. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
He clutched at Lin's unmentionables as he hung head downward. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
She started searching through the blankets for unmentionables. From Wordnik.com. [Glory Lane]
Not to mention it's a fun excuse to mention our "unmentionables.". From Wordnik.com. [Zandile Blay: Does Underwear Deserve A National Day? We Ask The Guy Who Started It] Reference
P "are suddenly devouring the tale like hungry" unmentionables "at a. From Wordnik.com. [The Spark of Yahoo!] Reference
But for Dole and Clinton, these issues are the great unmentionables. From Wordnik.com. [Memo To Dole: It's Not 1980] Reference
P&P "are suddenly devouring the tale like hungry" unmentionables "at a. From Wordnik.com. [The Spark of Yahoo!] Reference
They recommend this for, perhaps, unmentionables, plugs into your kitchen sink. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2003] Reference
I was rather hoping you might send me a new bonnet and some lovely unmentionables?. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Chuff also glimpsed a folded scarlet pant suit, shoes, and necessary unmentionables. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Lick my weight in flaming wildcats, but these asterisk unmentionables wreck my nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
That's right, my friends, 19 pairs of A's unmentionables right after this week's laundry. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
I have to go to the store and buy a few unmentionables and I SO don't want to go anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
I mean, I guess I don't really need to wash my fine unmentionables now that Darrell's gone. From Wordnik.com. [Cheat Sheets] Reference
When she saw him staring at her unmentionables, she blushed and shoved them into her valise. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
In other words, how did a piece of performance art about women's unmentionables go mainstream?. From Wordnik.com. [Eve Ensler Uses The V Word] Reference
A Lapin Vilardi lingerie bag makes packing your unmentionables, stockings, and socks feel elegant. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Wissot: Fix Finder: Excess Baggage] Reference
Alfred insisted that the unmentionables Mrs. Young loaned him should be the basis of his clown suit. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Now the Victoria ` s Secret model is launching a new secret technology for women ` s unmentionables. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2007] Reference
Of course, one of the unmentionables is that one of the "Big Three" is not a U.S. company any longer. From Wordnik.com. [Save the U.S. Auto Industry?] Reference
A pair of left-off unmentionables is confidently reported to be the cause of their visit in the "far East.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841] Reference
I stripped down to my unmentionables, took a quick whiff under my arms, then decided a shower was called for. From Wordnik.com. [Cheat Sheets] Reference
The Wolf has taken refuge in her "den" under my desk this morning, along with a pair of of my unmentionables. From Wordnik.com. [weeme Diary Entry] Reference
The knees of the unmentionables, and the elbows of the coat, and the seams generally, soon began to get alarmingly white. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
I discovered the pleasures of live Irish oysters and raw steak tartare in Paris, and of deep-fried unmentionables in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Not For the Lily-Livered] Reference
Until then she had retained what her mother called 'sensible unmentionables', which meant some of her blue serge schoolgirl underwear. From Wordnik.com. [Bottled Spider]
Descend we therefore from the head and trunk of man -- a curious bathos -- to his understandings and unmentionables; you know what we mean. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
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