more BVD's

[sagehen]

 Wilson Gray writes:
>........I don't think that
>I ever knew a name or a slang term for that kind of underwear, probably
>because my brother and I were the only kids wearing it and we didn't
>care to advertise that fact.
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 We just called them "BVDs".  I think I assumed that "BVD" meant that
particular type of garment.  It was many years later that I associated
"Better Vests & Drawers" with the name.  For all I know *that* may be
folklore; BVD may stand for something else altogether.........?
AM