trousers
Americannoun
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Also called pants. Sometimes 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.
plural noun
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a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
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US equivalent: wear the pants. informal to have control, esp in a marriage
Other Word Forms
- trousered adjective
- trouserless adjective
Etymology
Origin of trousers
1585–95; trouse (variant of trews ) + (draw)ers (in the sense “undergarment with legs”)
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Example Sentences
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“Besides, you and me are all the family that’s left, Aunt Kitty,” I said, hitching my wool trousers up a bit.
From Literature
The video then cut to Styles on stage, sitting at a piano wearing a sparkly open vest and matching trousers.
From BBC
William Skannerup glanced left and right at his fellow commuters on the London Underground train network, before they nodded in agreement and pulled down their trousers to reveal colourful underwear.
From Barron's
The trousers are also fitted with electrodes and we can stimulate muscle activity at the right time.
From BBC
The so-called “ABC pants,” stretchy work trousers for men, were a hit.
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