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trews
[ trooz ]
noun
(used with a plural verb)
- close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
trews
/ ³Ù°ù³Ü˳ú /
plural noun
- close-fitting trousers, esp of tartan cloth and worn by certain Scottish soldiers
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trews1
1560–70; < Irish and Scots Gaelic triubhas < Old French trebus breeches
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trews1
C16: from Scottish Gaelic triubhas , from Old French trebus ; see trousers
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They were joined by Sir Walter Scott dressed in trews as a sore rash prevented him from wearing a kilt.
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The man was dressed all in green: dusty green trews, green jacket, and a dark green coat.
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“I said the war will happen for dozens of reasons, not for one. Another of the reasons for this particular war is because Queen Morgause wears the trousers. Perhaps I ought to say the trews.â€
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And do you spurn your trousers, a multiplication of the already bifurcated trouse and trews?
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Is that so far from Browne’s trews, a new point of masculine sexual display?
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