Meaning of bepantsed | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“1. WHEN WILBUR WAS A LITTLE BOY AND DADDY’S PANTS WERE FRAYED / 2. A SNIP OF THE SHEARS / A STITCH OR TWO / 3. AND WILBUR WAS BEPANTSED ANEW”

“Parents don’t like⟳ it, but are trying to stay⟳ in communication with their behaired sons and their bepantsed daughters. Although his daughters have⟳ his permission to wear⟳ slacks to school during extreme weather, they are not permitted to do so when the weather is good, said Ed VanDriel of 1212 West Mountain Avenue.”

“gee! i like⟳ your pants-suit, flotilla! i think⟳ i’ll wear⟳ mine tomorrow![…]One in every office···the first gal to sashay in to work⟳ bepantsed···”

“In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show⟳ light⟳ between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted.”

“The winter pants didn’t fit either, I discovered, but I did find⟳ a couple of ancient pairs of wash-and-wears that came within a belt notch or so of fitting, close⟳ enough for wear⟳ as long as I kept the belt cinched up. Thus bepantsed, I went out and hit the men’s stores looking for a couple of cheap pairs of pants to do me over until I regained some weight.”

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