| 单词 | drainpipe trousers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrainpipe trousers C2. spec. Designating trousers with narrow, tight-fitting legs, as in drainpipe jeans, drainpipe trousers, etc.Compare the similar use of rain-pipe in quot. 1905, apparently an isolated example. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of un-codpieced1580 canioned1607 braceless1859 bell-bottom1882 broad-beamed1883 kneed1887 bell-bottomed1891 fall-front1899 stagged1902 pegged1905 pedal pusher1912 pipestem1915 drainpipe1930 chino1943 anti-g1945 low-rise1948 cuffless1957 low-riding1958 hip-hugging1968 plus twos1977 1905 G. B. Shaw in Daily Mail 27 Feb. 3/5 The shiny white tubes on the wrist, the shiny black cylinder on the head,..the shiny black boot, the rain-pipe trouser leg, the japanned zinc sleeve—that is your fashionably-dressed man.] 1930 Derby Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 4/5 It is more likely that he is envied for his cool shorts and bare knees by those of us for whom convention demands the usual ‘drain pipe leg coverings’. 1931 Nash's Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 64 Mrs. Bolton could see their feet in brown shoes and huge black shoes advancing towards her on the end of dark, straight, drain-pipe trousers. 1954 Newsweek 17 May 47/1 They are the Edwardians—the dead-end kids of London. The Edwardians take their name from the costume that is, with variations, their uniform... Tightly buttoned, knee-length ‘Milord’ coat with soft, black-velvet collar; double-breasted, pearl-gray waistcoat; and tight, drainpipe trousers. 1983 P. Manning How to be a Wally 28 Then comes the purely practical problem of how to insinuate your legs into those festering drainpipe jeans without causing them to disintegrate altogether. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Nov. l9/2 In one corner is a rocker's uniform of long jacket and drainpipe trousers. < as lemmas |
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