dress pants

Definitions

Formal pants (i.e., trousers).

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] this ended in a sad catastrophe happening to his blue dress pants, which could not stand⟳ the repeated tests of strength they were put⟳ to.”

“I wore a pair of buckskin moccasins coming up to my knees, and a smock frock of Kentucky jeans, as did the most of us, except Montmery, who had been making visits that day, and came off in a hurry⟳ with a pair of black doeskin dress pants, strapped down over patent leather pumps; […]”

“When your Reactor is in jeans, you should wear⟳ dress pants or a casual dress. When your Reactor is in dress pants, you should be wearing a nice suit⟳ or a more tailored dress, and so on.”

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