trouser
of or relating to trousers or a trouser: trouser cuffs; a trouser seam.
a leg of a pair of trousers.
Origin of trouser
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How to use trouser in a sentence
These days, she more often opts for eighties trousers from her favorite vintage boutique in Brooklyn or upcycled statement pieces from her brand Adiff, the humanitarian clothing label she started right out of fashion school.
Adiff Founder Angela Luna Wants You to Upcycle Your Own Clothes at Home | Svati Narula | August 1, 2022 | Outside OnlineThe 3,000-year-old wool trousers belonged to a man buried between 1000 and 1200 BCE in Western China.
The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel | Kiona N. Smith | April 4, 2022 | Ars TechnicaOf all of his garments, those trousers stood out as truly special.
The earliest known pants are surprisingly modern — and comfy | Bruce Bower | March 21, 2022 | Science News For StudentsA more basic question concerns how exactly Yanghai clothes makers transformed yarn spun from sheep’s wool into Turfan Man’s trousers.
The world’s oldest pants stitched together cultures from across Asia | Bruce Bower | February 18, 2022 | Science NewsThese trousers are a tester favorite for cold-weather adventures, with reinforcement in the seat, at the knees, and in the pockets.
Traditionally worn by sixth-graders and jocks and those who lounge aggressively, the draw-stringed trouser is defiantly apathetic.
NBA Players Are Wearing Sweatpants Again, but Now They Cost $550 | Sujay Kumar | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI liked the feel of her thigh through the silk against my trouser leg.
A couple of minutes later, the 2nd Platoon medic lifted my right trouser.
He raised the skirt of his heavy top-coat, and from his trouser-pocket drew out a leather purse.
Dope | Sax RohmerAs he stepped, his old black trouser leg pulled up over his shoe top, and we saw that he wore no stockings.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonSo we shortened up one of the calico gowns, and I turned up my trouser-legs to my knees and got into it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)His trouser leg was sticky red where the wound in his leg had soaked through the handkerchief.
Time Enough at Last | Lyn VenableThe trouser, then—the modern trouser—what are we to say of this?
British Dictionary definitions for trouser
/ (ˈtraʊzə) /
(modifier) of or relating to trousers: trouser buttons
(tr) slang to take (something, esp money), sometimes surreptitiously, undeservedly or unlawfully
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