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Why were ladies knickers/panties of yesteryear often referred to as their Drawers .....??

I would really like to get to the bottom of this quickly.....:)D 

Posted - May 16, 2018
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  • 22891
    not sure why,maybe you can goggle that question
      May 16, 2018 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    That would be deemed at cheating on AnswerMug and I just hate getting caught for doing it..... Now I admit nothing and keep Stum when question.....:( 
      May 16, 2018 5:50 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    Because men wanted to get in them. 
      May 16, 2018 6:29 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Yes.....I think ive heard about mens wierd liking to wear such things.....lol
      May 18, 2018 1:44 AM MDT
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  • 2465
    Uhhhh, I wasn’t really talking about men wearing them. Lmao
      May 18, 2018 7:04 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Because they would draw them on. People eventually figured out what they were talking about and began using the term "drawers" as a euphemism for the area covered, so they started calling them "step-ins". (This typically takes a few days.) Then panties, scanties, unmentionables, undies, and so on and so forth.
      May 16, 2018 9:36 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I hope they don't use very pointed pencils or pens with permanent ink then......I must get chilly around the wildly if they do that sort of thing in winter though....:)D
      May 18, 2018 1:48 AM MDT
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  • 5614
    "Drawers" now shortened to "draws" like when the po po comes a-knockin you go  "Wait a minute while I put on some draws". This post was edited by O-uknow at May 17, 2018 4:41 AM MDT
      May 16, 2018 11:04 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    HAHAHHAHA! :D
      May 17, 2018 4:41 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    BTW "knickers" is short for "knickerbockers", which were the knee length trousers worn by men, always with long socks.

    And while we are talking about trousers, "travesti" is Italian for "trousers". Somebody wrote an opera about a girl who masqueraded as a boy, for some reason, and boys wore REALLY tight knickerbockers in those days. Women of that era would not display so much as a bare ankle in public, so a shapely girl in tight pants was a real show stopper. It immediately led to a flood of operas about girls wearing men's clothing, and they were called travesti - trousers!

    I searched google images for a nice picture, but the nicest was Bruce Jenner.
      May 17, 2018 5:15 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Is that where transvest comes from then ? 
      May 18, 2018 1:50 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    trans·ves·tite
    noun
    noun: transvestite; plural noun: transvestites
    a person, typically a man, who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes primarily associated with the opposite sex.
    synonyms: drag queen, cross-dresser, female impersonator; More
    Origin

    1920s: from German Transvestit, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + vestire ‘clothe.’
      May 18, 2018 5:32 AM MDT
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  • 53506


      Don't butt into historical narratives, it will only end poorly for you. Learn to cover your can.  (You're probably panting in desire for me by now; its normal, you're a human female.)

    ~
      May 18, 2018 5:34 AM MDT
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  • 369
    Before elastic was invented Ladies Knickers, Panties, Drawers were held up by cords like you get nowadays on dressing gowns.

    There was also a British expression very popular with Men.............Drop your Drawers.


      May 27, 2018 2:34 PM MDT
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