pantaloonery
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pantaloonery (usually uncountable, plural pantalooneries)
- (dated) The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.
- 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
- The clownery and pantaloonery of these pantomimes have clean passed out of my head
- (dated) Materials used to make pantaloons.
References
[edit]“pantaloonery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.