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Those little things at the laundry (6)

Ross

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smalls

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(Other definitions for smalls that I've seen before include "Items of a personal nature" , "bloomers" , "Undersized underwear?" , "Diminutive items of underwear" , "Slips perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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