Meaning of dresspants | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Her entry was a dresspants-coat costume.”

“When I was young, he owned gray tweed dresspants he called his "ice cream britches," and when he wore them, every other Sunday or so, he bought us ice cream.”

“For a week’s stay⟳ on the plantation Uncle Antonio took with him: workpants and shirt, dresspants and shirt, suitcoat, hat, socks, sandals, bacon, corn flour, beans, rice, coffee, sugar, salt, bread, tobacco, a spoon and knife, and one candle.”

“And the blazer and dresspants bring⟳ to my view⟳ the pastures of England, where the farmer shears the wool he must clean⟳ before he can bring⟳ it to market.”

“(Men’s Dresspants and Workwear)”

“This could be described as partially combed hair loose fitting sweaters and a worn or comfortable pair of jeans or dresspants.”

““Pete Impala said something about that last⟳ Saturday at Stone’s,” I said, replaying Impala, in gray dresspants instead of jeans, squinting at me through his Lucky Strike⟳ haze, the first time he ever went out of his way to sit⟳ next to Brod and me at Stone’s: […]”

“Once or twice he reached down and checked that he was wearing pants, not pajamas but the brown polyester trousers they wanted him to wear⟳ at Tabor Home because you can wash⟳ polyester in the machine and woolen dresspants stink.”

“Top looks: Wool dresspants with elasticized bottoms, a fur-trimmed cardigan.”

““Hey Cheryl, hold⟳ on a second I just got back and need⟳ a second to spiffy up…” I replied as I stripped off my suit⟳ and dresspants and hastily began to pull⟳ back on the pair of jeans that I had been wearing in the morning.”

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