Trousers
['traʊzəz] or ['traʊzɚz]
Definition
(n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Pantaloons, breeches.
Typist: Sonia
Definition
n.pl. long breeches: a garment worn by males on the lower limbs and trussed or fastened up at the waist by braces or belt.—adj. Trou′sered wearing trousers.—n. Trou′sering material for making trousers.
Editor: Spence
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.
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Examples
- 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.
- I took off my trousers and wrung them too, then my shirt and under clothing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He wore very short trousers, and black cotton stockings, which, like the rest of his apparel, were particularly rusty. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was forced to wrap myself up in my greatcoat and woollen trousers; everything else about the bed was shockingly dirty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He took his hands out of his trousers pockets, and reached for a cigarette. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That,' remarked Fledgeby, with his hands in the Turkish trousers, 'is matter of opinion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Robert Jordan put on his trousers and shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- 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.
- I can't oblige you there, Wrench, said Mr. Hawley, thrusting his hands into his trouser-pockets. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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