Kickseys

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Trousers. obsolete, plural, plural-only, slang

    "KICKSEYS, breeches; speaking of a purse, &c., taken from the breeches pocket, they say, it was got from the kickseys, there being no cant term for the breeches pocket. To turn out a man's kickseys, means to pick the pockets of them, […]"

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"KICKSEYS, breeches; speaking of a purse, &c., taken from the breeches pocket, they say, it was got from the kickseys, there being no cant term for the breeches pocket. To turn out a man's kickseys, means to pick the pockets of them, […]"

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