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sports knickers --those pants we girls wear over our undies under our sport skirts: Mum, where are my bloomers?
Contributor's comments: In Western Sydney schools they're known as "scungies"
Contributor's comments: Made of stretchy fabric in black, navy or bottle green. with maturity, became known as sports pants.
Contributor's comments: Used in public schools. In Catholic schools in the Sydney area they were known as 'Fibs'.
Contributor's comments: always used in WA - for my mother coming from Canberra, asking for 'scungies' at the shops brought many strange, and worried, looks from sales assistants.