Smalls

noun

1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, plural, plural only Underwear. He's in the garden hanging his smalls on the washing line.
2. plural, plural only Small goods. He reassured another questioner that B.R. were still deeply interested in smalls traffic, but said that there would have to be substantial changes in the mode of operation and that concentration of the traffic was essential.
3. dated, plural, plural only The preliminary examination for a degree. You see, Miss Dodd, an university examination consists of several items: neglect but one, and Crichton himself would be ploughed; because brilliancy in your other papers is not allowed to count; that is how the most distinguished man of our day got ploughed for Smalls.
4. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal, plural, plural only Ellipsis of small ads.small ads Provincial English papers still carry their “smalls” — want ads — on the first page.

Similar: unmentionables

noun

1. plural plural of small

verb

1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of small

proper noun

1. plural plural of Small
2. alternative Alternative spelling of Small.Small