Trouserettes
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A baggy women's garment that covered each leg separately, elasticized at waist and ankle, used as a replacement for the petticoat; bloomers. historical, plural, plural-only
"ANYBODY who thinks that the suffragettes are going to take to trouserettes, anybody who expects to see a suffragette in trouserettes telling the world from a soap box on a street corner that taxation without representation is tyranny, has only to mention trouserettes to a few suffragettes to find out his or her mistake."
Example
More examples"ANYBODY who thinks that the suffragettes are going to take to trouserettes, anybody who expects to see a suffragette in trouserettes telling the world from a soap box on a street corner that taxation without representation is tyranny, has only to mention trouserettes to a few suffragettes to find out his or her mistake."
Etymology
From trouser + -ette + -s.
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