Reg Grundys

English

Alternative forms

• Reg Grundies

Etymology

Rhyming slang from the name of Australian businessman and media mogul Reg Grundy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Reg Grundys pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, rhyming slang) Undies.
   • 2001, Shane Maloney, chapter I, in The Brush-Off‎, page 286:

     If this kept up, I′d get dizzy and pass out. And then Ken would start to go through my pockets and find what I had in my Reg Grundys.

   • 2007, Robert G Barrett, Les Norton and the Case of the Talking Pie Crust, HarperCollins Australia, published 2010, unnumbered page:

     But Lasjoz kept his T-shirts, sox, Reg Grundys and hankies folded tidily and separated from each other.

   • 2009, Sonia Neale, Death by Teenager, HarperCollins Australia, published 2011, unnumbered page:

     What makes my children′s faces blaze hotter than crimson French knickers and matching suspender belt, is catching their parents walking around the house dressed only in their Reg Grundys.

Synonyms

• reginalds