jockey briefs

Less common variant of jockey shorts.

jockey briefs pl (plural only)

1. (US, dated, informal) Men's or boys' briefs.
   • 1988, Leoncio P. Deriada, Night Mares: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror, page 117:

     Stripped to his jockey briefs, he felt a coolness he had so wanted earlier.

   • 2001, Ben Fong-Torres, The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio, page 139:

     "One afternoon I'd been shopping for underwear," he wrote, "and had bought at least three dozen pairs of jockey briefs.

• See Thesaurus:underwear

• boxer shorts