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trouse

British

/ traʊz /

plural noun

close-fitting breeches worn in Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of trouse

from Irish and Scot Gaelic triubhas : compare _trews

Example Sentences

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And do you spurn your trousers, a multiplication of the already bifurcated trouse and trews?

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016

Trousers was earlier trouses, plural of trouse, now trews, and was used especially of Irish native costume.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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