Half-pant

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Shorts. India

    "Children wear half pant-banyan or shirt, or knicker and shirt. Middle class men of the older generation wear dhoti-kurta or pyjama-kurta, and sadari (a kind of jacket), over the kurta."

Example

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"Children wear half pant-banyan or shirt, or knicker and shirt. Middle class men of the older generation wear dhoti-kurta or pyjama-kurta, and sadari (a kind of jacket), over the kurta."

Etymology

From half + pant.

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