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dresspants

dresspants is the alternative form of dress pants.

Meaning of dress pants

Noun

dress pants pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Formal pants (i.e., trousers).
    • […] this ended in a sad catastrophe happening to his blue dress pants, which could not stand the repeated tests of strength they were put to.1849, H[enry] F. MᶜKillop, Reminiscences of Twelve Months’ Service in New Zealand as a Midshipman, During the Late Disturbances in That Colony, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 38

Questions about dresspants

What is dresspants the alternative form of?
Dresspants is the alternative form of dress pants.

Words near dresspants in the dictionary

  1. dressmakers' hams
  2. dressmakery
  3. dressmakes
  4. dressmaking
  5. dressmakings
  6. dresspants
  7. dresst
  8. dresswear
  9. dressy
  10. drest
  11. dret

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