smalls

1. 1
   nouncolloquialCommonwealthIrelandUKplural

   Small pieces of underwear, like underpants and socks.

   She hung her smalls on the radiator to dry overnight.

   He stuffed his smalls into the washing machine before the trip.

   Similarunderwear, undies, underclothes, underthings

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of small. Use it when talking about more than one small thing.

   The shop ran out of smalls, so only medium and large shirts remained.

   Sort the smalls from the larges before you stack the boxes.

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3. 3
   nounplural

   Small things that are sold, like little items in a shop.

   The market stall was crammed with smalls: buttons, ribbons, and cheap trinkets.

   He made a modest living selling smalls from a tray on the street corner.

   Similartrinkets, knick-knacks, oddments, notions

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4. 4
   nouncolloquialpluralabbreviationellipsis

   Short for small ads. In British English, the little classified ads in newspapers.

   She found a secondhand bike through the smalls in the local paper.

   He placed an ad in the smalls to sell his old record collection.

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5. 5
   verb

   The form of small used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

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