round-the-houses
/ˌraʊn(d)ðəˈhaʊzɪz/British
noun
Slang. Trousers.
adjective
Of a race (especially a motor race): following a course around the streets of an urban area.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From round + the + the plural of house. Originally (as noun) rhyming slang for trousers. In some forms from round + me, variant of my + the plural of house.
- locky
- Lockyer, Sir Norman
- loco
- loco-descriptive
- locoed
- loco-foco
- locofocoism
- LOCOG
- locoman
- locomobile
- locomobility
- locomote
- locomotility
- locomotion
- locomotive
- locomotive boiler
- locomotive cab
- locomotive car
- locomotive cheer
- locomotive engineer
- locomotive engineering
- locomotive faculty
- locomotive fireman
- locomotively
- locomotiveness