pantalooneryn.
/ˌpantəˈluːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌpæn(t)lˈun(ə)ri/, /ˌpæn(t)əˈlun(ə)ri/ Now rare.† 2. U.S. Fabric for making pantaloons or trousers. Obsolete.
1. Clowning or foolery, esp. by a Pantaloon in a pantomime or harlequinade; comic entertainment. Also figurative: a travesty, a farce.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character > performance of
Pierrotism1734
pantaloonery1819
pantalooning1861
1819 Ld. Byron Let. 1 Aug. (1976) VI. 195 If I began in a rage she always finished by making me laugh with some Venetian pantaloonery or other.
1823 C. Lamb My First Play in Elia 227 The clownery and pantaloonery of these pantomimes have clean passed out of my head.
1855 Times 2 Apr. The difficulties of Clownery and Pantaloonery had yet to be surmounted.
1885 Society Nov. 11/1 At last that pantaloonery is ‘over’.
1980 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. c31 (crossword clue) Pantaloonery expert [= clown].
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1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 10 Feb. 3/6 Men's wear department..linen and worsted goods, for summer wear, including Blaye linens, linen drillings, cotton pantaloonery.
1857 in J. H. Bragdon Seaboard Towns 224 (advt.) A good stock of cloths, pantaloonery, vestings, &c.
1867 E. T. Freedley Philadelphia & its Manuf. 247 Of Cotton goods classed as Pantaloonery, Cottonades, etc., a great variety of kinds, qualities, and styles are made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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