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(UK, Australia, informal) Underwear. / Small goods. / (Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree. / (informal) Short for small ads.

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smalls

IPA(Pronunciation)

/smɔːlz/

Noun

Australia UK informal plural plural-only dated abbreviation alt-of

Japanese Meaning

下着 / 小物類 / （Oxford Universityの旧スラング）学位取得のための予備審査 / （口語）小広告の略

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I packed a spare pair of smalls in my bag just in case.

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念のため予備の下着をバッグに入れておきました。

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(UK, Australia, informal) Underwear.

He's in the garden hanging his smalls on the washing line.

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Sense（2）

Small goods.

He reassured another questioner that B.R. were still deeply interested in smalls traffic, but said that there would have to be substantial changes in the mode of operation and that concentration of the traffic was essential.

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(Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.

You see, Miss Dodd, an university examination consists of several items: neglect but one, and Crichton himself would be ploughed; because brilliancy in your other papers is not allowed to count; that is how the most distinguished man of our day got ploughed for Smalls.

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