Where does “spankies” come from?

spankies (English) comes from English spank — To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with...

spankies (English): Full underpants worn by cheerleaders,...

Definitions

  1. Full underpants worn by cheerleaders,...

Ancestry of “spankies”, step by step

spankies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspankTo beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with...

via English ies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishiesplural of i, the name of the letter I
Every word from English spank
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