Boxer shorts
I take the elevator to the sixth floor, then follow the sound of loud music—Katy Perry’s “Roar”—down the hallway and meet my clients. One is in a bathrobe, and the other wears a T-shirt and boxers. I can smell the evidence of their last beauty treatment—the chemicals used to highlight blond streaks into the hair of the girl named Mandy, and the nail varnish drying on the hands Taylor is waving through the air.
(Excerpt taken from a book)
Are ladies' boxer shorts only underwear, as with men's boxers? From the context, and from my Google search, it seems that they can also be shorts that women wear at home.
Thank you for your help.
Top answer
That's some weak writing, so we can't be sure what she means. To my mind, "T-shirt and boxers" defaults to underwear, especially when her pal has on nothing but a bathrobe. She is wearing men's baggy underpants.
- That's some weak writing, so we can't be sure what she means.
- To my mind, "T-shirt and boxers" defaults to underwear, especially when her pal has on nothing but a bathrobe.
- She is wearing men's baggy underpants.
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That's some weak writing, so we can't be sure what she means. To my mind, "T-shirt and boxers" defaults to underwear, especially when her pal has on nothing but a bathrobe. She is wearing men's baggy underpants.
0Many thanks for your response! I would very much appreciate other opinions as well. 
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