plus-fouredadj.

Brit.

/ˌplʌsˈfɔːd/, U.S.

/ˌpləsˈfɔrd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plus four n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < plus four n. + -ed suffix².

Wearing plus fours.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing breeches > types of

slopped1601

trunk-hoseda1625

puff-bagged1653

leathered1837

galligaskined1854

knickerbockered1869

knickered1897

trunked1904

plus-foured1925

1925 Notes & Queries 28 Nov. 387/2 In Truth of Oct. 14 a writer ventured ‘plus-foured’.

1926 Daily Chron. 13 May 2/2 ‘I'll be sorry to leave the old bus tonight,’ said the plus foured pull-overed youth at the wheel of the ‘General’ yesterday afternoon.

1967 O. Lancaster With Eye to Future iii. 64 The hearties, grey flannel-trousered or elaborately plus-foured.

2000 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 12 Sept. 15 How many, I wonder, know that this plus-foured teacher flew Sopwith Camel aircraft in the RFC during the 1914-18 war?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plus-foured
释义	plus-fouredadj. Brit. /ˌplʌsˈfɔːd/, U.S. /ˌpləsˈfɔrd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plus four n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < plus four n. + -ed suffix². Wearing plus fours. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing trousers > wearing breeches > types of slopped1601 trunk-hoseda1625 puff-bagged1653 leathered1837 galligaskined1854 knickerbockered1869 knickered1897 trunked1904 plus-foured1925 1925 Notes & Queries 28 Nov. 387/2 In Truth of Oct. 14 a writer ventured ‘plus-foured’. 1926 Daily Chron. 13 May 2/2 ‘I'll be sorry to leave the old bus tonight,’ said the plus foured pull-overed youth at the wheel of the ‘General’ yesterday afternoon. 1967 O. Lancaster With Eye to Future iii. 64 The hearties, grey flannel-trousered or elaborately plus-foured. 2000 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 12 Sept. 15 How many, I wonder, know that this plus-foured teacher flew Sopwith Camel aircraft in the RFC during the 1914-18 war? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1925
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