trousers
Sometimes trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.: Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def. 1), short (def. 29a), slacks.
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Origin of trousers
1Other words from trousers
- trou·ser·less, adjective
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How to use trousers in a sentence
The (very wealthy) de la Renta women wore bold colors, flared sleeves, full-bodied skirts and trousers.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGracie packed up her Wellington boots, long-sleeved shirts, and trousers, and flew to Caracas with a five-liter alembic still.
When a Modern-Day Indiana Jones Met an Adventurous Gin Distiller | Ann Binlot | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“We will have to hear what he says,” said one as he smoothed out his trousers.
Wearing pink pajama trousers, a blue T-shirt and purple sandals, she holds a cup of water for her youngest child to sip from.
Think wearing yellow lipstick, lime-green nails, and a SpongeBob SquarePants jumper with no trousers.
The Improbable Rise of Rita Ora: A Guide for the Modern-Day Celebrity | Emma Gannon | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A pair of thin trousers and a shirt hanging down outside instead of being tucked in at the waist, and his toilet is made.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeA little of the spurting blood had got on his dirty fingers, and he wiped his hands on the seat of his trousers.
This is then suspended from a button on the trousers so that the bottle rests against the skin of the inguinal region.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHe reached far down into a trousers pocket and tugged to the light of day a roll that his fingers could not encircle.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandThe latter have a short coloured shirt underneath it, and again beneath that, large flowing trousers.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for trousers
/ (ˈtraʊzəz) /
a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
wear the trousers British informal to have control, esp in a marriage: US equivalent: wear the pants
Origin of trousers
1Derived forms of trousers
- trousered, adjective
- trouserless, adjective
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