Unmentionables.

“Corinthians and exquisites from Bond Street, sporting an eye-glass, … waiting-men in laced coats and plush unmentionables of yellow, green, blue, red, and all the primary colours.”—Rev. N. S. Wheaton: Journal (1830).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

United States
Unities
Universal Doctor
Universe
University
Unknown
Unlicked or Unlicked Cub
Unlucky Gifts
Unmanned
Unmarried Men of Note
Unmentionables
Unready (The)
Unrighteous [Adokimos]
Unwashed
Up
Up a Tree
Up the Spout
Up to Snuff
Up to the Hub
Up to the Mark
Up-turning of his Glass