trousers
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trousers/ˈtraʊzəz/
▶plural noun an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg.
– phrases
catch someone with their trousers down see catch someone with their pants down at pants.
wear the trousers informal be the dominant partner in a relationship.
catch someone with their trousers down see catch someone with their pants down at pants.
wear the trousers informal be the dominant partner in a relationship.
– derivatives
trousered adjective.
trousered adjective.
– origin C17: from archaic trouse (sing.) from Ir. triús and Sc. Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers.
'trousers' also found in these Oxford entries:
ao dai
- bag
- baggy
- bell-bottoms
- bloomers
- boot-cut
- brace
- breeches
- bumsters
- capri pants
- cargo pants
- carpenter trousers
- chaps
- chino
- churidars
- cigarette pants
- clamdiggers
- combat trousers
- cord
- culottes
- daks
- debag
- dinner suit
- drainpipe
- duck
- dungaree
- fitting
- flannel
- flannelled
- flare
- fly
- galligaskins
- galluses
- hip-huggers
- hipster
- jeans
- jodhpurs
- jogger
- jumpsuit
- kecks
- knee breeches
- knickerbocker
- kuccha
- lederhosen
- leggings
- loons
- low-rise
- morning dress
- mouth
- muffin top
