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Meaning of kickseys | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Trousers.

obsolete, plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“KICKSEYS, breeches; speaking of a purse, &c., taken from the breeches pocket, they say, it was got from the kickseys, there being no cant term for the breeches pocket. To turn out a man's kickseys, means to pick the pockets of them, […]”
“From a Rum-Tom-Pat's kickseys I knapp'd a green twitch, / And nearly got off the gold glims from his snitch.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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