Meaning of trouserian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, relating to, or wearing trousers.

humorous, rare, usually

Examples

“Round comes the kindly trowserian [trouserian in later editions] veil (as Dyer of ‘The Fleece’ would have⟳ had it); the legs retreat, like⟳ other conquerors, into retirement;”

“Very shortly we may expect⟳ to see⟳ an army of Scottish Amazons, arrayed in knickerbockers, kilts, and Tam o’ Shanters, come⟳ marching over the Border⟳ to convert their vacillating sisters in the South to the true trouserian faith. Have⟳ not our earnest “women workers” already conferred in Glasgow, and do not the whole three Scottish universities already lend⟳ their countenance to the daring woman doctor? The “new woman” seems to be having it all her own⟳ way in Scotland.”

“As far as it has been possible to push⟳ inquiry, it is safe to say⟳ that no trouserian biped bearing the mark⟳ of a lateral crease has been met with in any quarter of the Globe, or, for that matter⟳, ever will be.”

“Over in England, an octogenarian is boasting that he’s worn the same pair of pants for 50 years.[…]First reaction to this trouserian durability will be that “They don’t put⟳ stuff like⟳ that in ’em any more.””

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