trouser
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈtraʊzər/
- UK
:
pantalón
- "Rosemary was wearing a slim-fitting trouser suit and looked like a long, elegant reed.
- trouser leg
I've had to change out of my pleather trousers because it's blooming warm.
- I've had to change out of my pleather trousers because it's blooming warm.
- And then some more little trousers, little stripy knitted ones.
- I did not have leather cargo trousers, but I'll do now.
- Of course, of course, just, I don't know, thin lightweight trousers that taper at the bottom.
- So these trousers, they're like a split hem legging basically.
- You've got kettles, they've got tea bags, look, they've got a trouser press look.
- And then I wanted to try some plain black trousers.
- It's a pinstripe kind of wide leg trouser.
- And this bloke come out of the kitchen with no shirt on, the black Bruce Lee trousers and then black Wicker basket shoes.
- Oh, I said, am I going to have to drop me trousers?
- Do you know the British term all talk and no trousers?
Examples
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The money disappeared as if by sleight of hand into his trouser pocket.
Fiction book (1996) -
Additional measures include ensuring that trouser legs are tucked into thick socks and shirts tucked into trousers.
Academic text (2011) -
Now we take the trouser length.
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Sometimes, they slid down a trouser leg and fell to the floor.
Fiction book (1997) -
When Field finished, he rubbed his hand twice on his trouser leg and rose to his feet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then he put his hands into his trouser pockets and began walking again, his body bending into the night.
Fiction book (1998) -
A crisply creased trouser leg steps out of a carriage and onto a driveway.
Fiction book (1992) -
My father climbs down into the stream bed, and mud flecks his trouser legs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Of course, of course, just, I don't know, thin lightweight trousers that taper at the bottom.
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I need to buy a new pair of trousers for the job interview.
Synonyms
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1.0
Clothes worn on the lower body with separate parts for each leg
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1.0
The part of trousers that covers one lower body part
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1.2
The part of trousers that covers one leg
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1.0
Trousers that reach the feet
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9.9
Clothes like pants that cover your waist and legs
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1.1
Clothes that cover your lower body from the waist to the ankles with separate legs
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1.4
The part of a pair of pants that covers one leg
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1.0
A piece of clothing that covers both legs down to the ankles
Compounds
- Offensive
A visible bulge in the front of a man's trousers when he is sexually excited
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trouser comes from an old word trews meaning 'leg coverings'. So a trouser is simply the part of clothing that covers one leg, which is why tailors sometimes talk about the left or right trouser.