Meaning of trouserettes | Babel Free

Definitions

A baggy women's garment that covered each leg separately, elasticized at waist and ankle, used as a replacement for the petticoat; bloomers.

historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“ANYBODY who thinks that the suffragettes are going to take⟳ to trouserettes, anybody who expects to see⟳ a suffragette in trouserettes telling the world from a soap box on a street corner that taxation without representation is tyranny, has only to mention⟳ trouserettes to a few suffragettes to find⟳ out his or her mistake⟳.”

““We think⟳ our blue and brown smocks and trouserettes are as honorable and significant a uniform as that of the soldiers in khaki,” said one young woman who was engaged in the dangerous handling of cordite. All women who work⟳ on machinery wear⟳ trouserettes and many have⟳ had their hair cut⟳ short in the interest⟳ of safety and comfort.”

“Red trouserettes on waitresses cause stir⟳”

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