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flannel

flannel

5 5.1
Light-colored trousers made from soft cloth and often worn for formal or sports events
  • noun
  • /ˈflænəl/
  • UK
translation icon : pantalones de franela
  • Her father wore gray flannels and a white shirt.

Examples

  • He chose light-colored flannel trousers to stay cool and comfortable during the summer wedding.

  • Gray flannel pants I got for Christmas.

    Hot to Trot (1988)

  • A bunch of nice young men in white flannel pants.

    The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

  • I had not bought a pair of gray flannel pants or a new suit in 14 years.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I traded in my suits and heels for jeans and flannels the day I left the corporate world.

    Blog text (32)

  • He's got the flannels on, some new spikes, a good Wilson glove, and that Cardinal cap.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Baggy flannel pants, suit jacket with the collar up, three days' growth of beard, workman's peaked cap.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • During the party, he wore his favorite pair of flannel trousers that matched his blazer.

  • She decided to wear stylish flannel pants for the formal dinner event.

Synonyms

white
vsflannel
  • UK
17 7.0

Light-colored trousers worn for sports like cricket or tennis

is broader, applying to trousers in various fabrics and formal or sports styles

How Formal

dress suit
1 3.5
flannel
  • UK
5 5.1
chinos
1 3.4
jeans
407 1.0

Surface Forms

flannel singular
flannels plural

Etymology

Flannels for trousers comes from the fabric flannel, because those pants were made from the soft cloth. That's why people call light formal or sports trousers 'flannels'.