Trouser
['traʊzə] or ['traʊzɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers; 'in his trouser's pocket'; 'he ripped his left trouser on the fence'.
(noun.) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; 'he had a sharp crease in his trousers'.
Inputed by Barbara--From WordNet
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of trousers, foretells that you will be tempted to dishonorable deeds. If you put them on wrong side out, you will find that a fascination is fastening its hold upon you.
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- Pilar took her knife and slit his trouser leg down below the lefthand pocket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Holmes stood by the table, with his hands deep in his trouser's pockets and his chin upon his breast. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One leg was gone and the other was held by tendons and part of the trouser and the stump twitched and jerked as though it were not connected. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I examined them with care, and there was no doubt that they were trouser buttons. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were sodden, as were his socks and trouser-bottoMs. But he himself was quick and warm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In a man it is perhaps better first to take the knee of the trouser. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Slit the trouser, will thee? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then I made out my report in my room, sitting in my trousers and an undershirt in front of the open window. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Wemmick leaned back in his chair, staring at me, with his hands in the pockets of his trousers, and his pen put horizontally into the post. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The trousers felt very floppy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She thought it humiliating to see a man dressing: the ridiculous shirt, the ridiculous trousers and braces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gerald likes the man ploughing the best, his trousers are torn, he is ploughing with an ox, being I suppose a German peasant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Ryan