knee-breeches
81sansculotte — (sanh kü LOT) [French: without knee breeches] Originally, a term of contempt applied by aristocrats to anyone belonging to the poorer class of French revolutionaries in 1789; the name comes from the fact that such people dressed in long… …
82short — adj 1. little, small, Chiefly Scot. wee, miniature, miniscule, minikin, diminutive, Scot. cutly; tiny, elfin, bantam, slight, (of women) petite, Lilliputian, Inf. Tom Thumb, Sl. pint sized, Sl. pocket sized, Sl. sawed off, Sl. knee high to a… …
83knickerbocker — ► NOUN 1) (knickerbockers) loose fitting breeches gathered at the knee or calf. 2) (Knickerbocker) informal a New Yorker. ORIGIN sense 2 derives from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pretended author of Washington Irving s History of New York (1809);… …
84plus fours — noun men s baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf) • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Topics: ↑golf, ↑golf game • Hypernyms: ↑breeches, ↑ …
85smallclothes — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural 1. : knee breeches especially of the close fitting type worn in the 18th and early 19th centuries 2. : small articles of clothing (as underclothing, handkerchiefs, children s garments) * * * /smawl klohz , klohdhz /, n.pl.… …
86Lederhosen — ( leather trousers in German; singular: Lederhose ) are knee breeches (knickerbockers or shorts) made of leather. The word Lederhosen is frequently misspelled as Leiderhosen (literally, sadly breeches ), or liederhosen ( songs breeches ). The… …
87Meriadoc Brandybuck — Tolkien s legendarium character Aliases Merry, Kalimac Brandagamba, Meriadoc the Magnificent, Master of Buckland, Holdwine of the Mark Race Hobbit Book(s) The Lord of the R …
88Stanley Royle — (1888 1961) was a post impressionist British landscape painter, who lived for most of his life in and around Sheffield and Canada. A member of the Royal Society of British Artists, he was inspired by sweeping landscapes, sea and snow scenes.… …
89Caleb P. Bennett — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name = Caleb P. Bennett honorific suffix = imagesize = small office = Governor of Delaware term start = January 15 1833 term end = July 11 1836 predecessor = David Hazzard successor = Charles Polk, Jr.… …
90pants — Synonyms and related words: Bermuda shorts, Capri pants, bags, bells, bloomers, blue jeans, breeches, breeks, briefs, britches, buckskins, chivarras, clam diggers, cords, corduroys, culottes, denims, drawers, dungarees, flannels, hot pants, jeans …
