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单词 trouserettes
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trouserettesn.

Brit. /ˌtraʊzəˈrɛts/, U.S. /ˌtraʊzəˈrɛts/
Forms:

α. (In plural form) 1800s– trouserettes.

β. (In singular form) 1800s– trouserette.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English trouser , trousers n., -ette suffix, -s.
Etymology: < trouser, singular of trousers n. (compare β. forms at that entry) + -ette suffix + -s, plural ending. Compare earlier pantalettes n.
1. Women's and girls' loose-fitting trousers, typically gathered at the knee or ankle, and sometimes worn under a short skirt; cf. bloomer n.2 1b. Now rare (historical in later use).Typically adopted for outdoor pursuits, esp. cycling; cf. rational dress n. at rational adj. and adv. Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose > for cycling, etc.
pantaloon1814
pants1851
trouserettes1857
pantalettes1881
rationals1889
bloomer1895
pantalettes1897
1857 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 492/2 Rude boys would follow in her wake, as the virgin of fifty-five trotted manfully along in shortest skirt and trouserettes.
1894 Bearings (Cycling Authority of America) 6 July Excuse me,..but I don't call them bloomers. They are—a—trouserettes. I first saw them in Paris this spring.
1931 Agnostic (Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, Georgia) 11 Mar. 2/2 The stylish miss [was] clothed in ample trouserettes, tight-fitting bodice, high collar and sailor hat.
1951 R. N. Kerr 100 Years of Costumes in Amer. 38 [With reference to cycling costume at the end of the 19th cent.] Plaids were prominent in suits, jackets, circular skirts and in bloomers or trouserettes.
2. Long, straight-legged underpants, typically reaching to the ankle and frilled or otherwise trimmed at the bottom of each leg, worn by women, girls and very young boys esp. in the first half of the 19th cent.; = pantalettes n. 1. Obsolete (historical in later use).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for women (and children)
knickerbocker1872
trouserettes1874
knickers1882
trolly1891
knicks1895
panties1904
skirt-knicker1908
Directoire knickers1911
panties1922
step-in1922
French knickers1925
scanty1928
passion-killer1943
parapants1944
tap pants1977
1874 J. Ashby-Sterry Tiny Trav. 284 Troublesome Twelve, in..the frilliest of frilled trouserettes, is romping about.
1894 Theatre Feb. 106 Exceedingly attractive young ladies in the muslin frocks and frilled trouserettes of forty years since.
1926 Yorks. Evening Post 7 Apr. 6/5 The quaint trouserettes which veiled women's ankles from the vulgar gaze in decorous early Victorian days.
3. Any trousers which are not full-length, such as knickerbockers, breeches, short trousers, shorts, etc. Later also: trousers for small children, esp. boys. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts
short1826
half pants1838
trouserettes1875
chuddies1885
shorty1942
short shorts1946
stubby1977
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches
breecha1100
breeka1300
femoralc1450
hosec1460
breecha1500
overstocks1543
strossers1598
strouses1600
breeching1604
brogues1615
trousies1652
small clothes1770
knee-breeches1829
smalls1836
breekums1839
culotte1842
sine qua nons1850
terminations1863
trouserettes1875
strides1889
knee-breech1904
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches > knickerbockers
knickerbocker1859
trouserettes1875
plus fours1920
plus twos1928
1875 Jedburgh Gaz. 17 July The children..enjoy themselves in games mysterious..to elderly people, yet to them suggestive of dim recollections of long ago, short petticoats, and jackets and trouserettes copiously adorned with shiny buttons.
1911 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 20 Aug. (Sporting section) 2/5 He grabbed Coulson by the seat of his baseball trouserettes, experimented with a modified strangle hold.., and abused our poor young outfielder.
1924 W. de la Mare Ding Dong Bell 30 A little boy in velveteen trouserettes.
1951 Boston (Lincs.) Guardian 26 Sept. 10/1 (advt.) Coat with Peter Pan collar, snug trouserettes complete with braces and permanent turn ups, and a neat beret. To fit boys aged 3 to 5.
2008 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 The show was dominated by formal wear, with a few dressed-up separates such as metallic knee-length pants or ‘trouserettes’ paired with shrunken jackets that winged out in the back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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