trouser
English
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aʊzə(ɹ)
Noun
trouser (plural trousers)
- (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.
- trouser leg
- (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.
- And this is our linen trouser, sir.
Usage notes
- Outside the clothing retail and fashion industries, the use of the noun trouser to refer to a pair of trousers is rare.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to trousers
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pair of trousers — see trousers
Verb
trouser (third-person singular simple present trousers, present participle trousering, simple past and past participle trousered)
- (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
- (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To legally remove funds from an organization for personal use.
- (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal an item or money for personal use.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- Your aunt told him to pack Upjohn's bags, and the first thing he saw when he smacked into it was the speech. He trousered it and brought it along to me.
Translations
to pocket — see pocket
to legally remove
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to secretively steal
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