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Synonyms for pants

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : pænts

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Définition of pants

Origin :
  • trousers, 1840, see pantaloons. Colloquial singular pant is attested from 1893. To wear the pants "be the dominant member of a household" is first attested 1931. To do something by the seat of (one's) pants "by human instinct" is from 1942, originally of pilots, perhaps with some notion of being able to sense the condition and situation of the plane by engine vibrations, etc. To be caught with (one's) pants down "discovered in an embarrassing condition" is from 1932.
  • noun clothing for legs, lower half of body
Example sentences :
  • Why should not a frog sustain life with his Pants as well as a Christian?
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
  • Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Mr. Minturn laughed, and looked down on the torn jacket and pants.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • That once I shore split his pants for him with a hame strop.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • Lyaeus wiped his hand on the seat of his pants and they proceeded.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • Coleman was just starting to struggle the bomb out of his pants when the action was over.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • It is often the luxury for which he pants, but which he cannot command.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • We-ll, 'twas in my pants pocket here, just where I put it last time I used it.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In any station of Boston life, pants is expected to be worn.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • "You will not need to change your pants, I think," said the costumer.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
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