| 释义 |
rammies, n. pl. Austral. and S. Afr. slang.|ˈræmiːz|
[Origin unknown: cf. ramie c.]
Trousers.
1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 41 Rammies, breeches. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 20/1 Old Bill watched the youngest jackeroo disrobing... ‘If I was you, young feller,’ he said, ‘I'd leave them rammies on.’ 1953T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake ii. 42 Elastic for the old girl's rammies. 1961Personality 16 May 27 Narrow trousers have ceased to be ‘drain-pipes’ and are now identified..as ‘rammies’. |