kecksn.

Brit.

/kɛks/, U.S.

/kɛks/, Scottish English

/kɛks/

Forms: 1900s– kecks, 1900s– kegs, 1900s– keks.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English kicks , kick n.¹

Etymology: Probably originally a variant of kicks, plural of kick n.¹ (see sense 6a at that entry).

British slang and regional (chiefly northern and Scottish).

With plural agreement. Trousers; pockets (rare). Also: underpants, knickers. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. kickseys n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants

pants1880

chuddies1885

kecks1900

underpants1931

short1941

underfug1946

gotch1968

underdaks1976

shreddies1989

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers

trouse1678

trousers1681

kicks1699

trousiesa1713

brogues1748

inexpressibles1790

unmentionable1791

et cetera1794

indescribable1794

kickseys1819

ineffables1823

indispensablesa1828

unimaginable1833

pantaloon1834

pants1835

inexplicables1836

never-mention-'ems1836

unwhisperable1837

results1839

sit-down-upons1839

sit-upons1839

unmentionabilities1840

innominablea1843

unutterables1843

trews1847

round-the-houses1857

unprintable1860

stovepipe1863

sit-in-ems1873

reach-me-downs1877

strides1889

rounds1893

long1898

kecks1900

rammies1906

trou1911

pants1970

1900 A. H. Lewis Sandburrs xxviii. 156 I won't do a t'ing but make it a t'ousand dollars in d' kecks of them ducks who's doin that song.

1906 A. H. Lewis Confess. Detective i. ii. 17 Every one of 'em's a crook; half of 'ems's got knockout drops or chloroform bottles in their kecks right now.

1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1156/2 Kecks, the Liverpool shape (c. 19–20) of kicks, trousers.1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 36 Dis pur a kecks is too tight. These trousers are too tight.1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 105 Take 'is kecks down, put a person in his place.1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xvii. 161 The degrading image of the housewife wearing kegs.1992 New Musical Express 9 May 45/6 ‘Nevermind’ catches the industry with its proverbial kecks down and the plan is once more in pieces.1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 143 The last thing Renton wanted to hear, hungover, in a strange place, wearing only his keks, was a male voice.2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy vi. 134 I sat down next to him and started pulling his boots and kecks off.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kecks
释义	kecksn. Brit. /kɛks/, U.S. /kɛks/, Scottish English /kɛks/ Forms: 1900s– kecks, 1900s– kegs, 1900s– keks. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English kicks , kick n.¹ Etymology: Probably originally a variant of kicks, plural of kick n.¹ (see sense 6a at that entry). British slang and regional (chiefly northern and Scottish). With plural agreement. Trousers; pockets (rare). Also: underpants, knickers. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. kickseys n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants pants1880 chuddies1885 kecks1900 underpants1931 short1941 underfug1946 gotch1968 underdaks1976 shreddies1989 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers trouse1678 trousers1681 kicks1699 trousiesa1713 brogues1748 inexpressibles1790 unmentionable1791 et cetera1794 indescribable1794 kickseys1819 ineffables1823 indispensablesa1828 unimaginable1833 pantaloon1834 pants1835 inexplicables1836 never-mention-'ems1836 unwhisperable1837 results1839 sit-down-upons1839 sit-upons1839 unmentionabilities1840 innominablea1843 unutterables1843 trews1847 round-the-houses1857 unprintable1860 stovepipe1863 sit-in-ems1873 reach-me-downs1877 strides1889 rounds1893 long1898 kecks1900 rammies1906 trou1911 pants1970 1900 A. H. Lewis Sandburrs xxviii. 156 I won't do a t'ing but make it a t'ousand dollars in d' kecks of them ducks who's doin that song. 1906 A. H. Lewis Confess. Detective i. ii. 17 Every one of 'em's a crook; half of 'ems's got knockout drops or chloroform bottles in their kecks right now. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1156/2 Kecks, the Liverpool shape (c. 19–20) of kicks, trousers.1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 36 Dis pur a kecks is too tight. These trousers are too tight.1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 105 Take 'is kecks down, put a person in his place.1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xvii. 161 The degrading image of the housewife wearing kegs.1992 New Musical Express 9 May 45/6 ‘Nevermind’ catches the industry with its proverbial kecks down and the plan is once more in pieces.1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 143 The last thing Renton wanted to hear, hungover, in a strange place, wearing only his keks, was a male voice.2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy vi. 134 I sat down next to him and started pulling his boots and kecks off. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900
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