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underthigh

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The back of a person's thigh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1883, Albert Ellery Berg (ed.), The Universal Self-Instructor, New York: Thomas Kelly, “Out-Door Exercises,” p. 350, You may walk so as to use neither calf, under-thigh, nor hip to any appreciable extent; but it is hard work to run in any way so as not to develop all three [...]

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noun

Meaning 2

The back upper portion of a pantleg or trouser leg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From under + thigh.