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housepants

housepants noun: simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.

Noun

housepants pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.
    • She wears a thin T-shirt, and housepants. It is obvious where AUTUMN got her looks.2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat, →ISBN, page 40
    • Changing his plaid housepants because he didn't shake well enough after pissing and had dribbled on them and they now smelled like piss.2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, →ISBN

Forms of housepants

alternative formhouse pants

Origin of housepants

From house + pants.

Questions about housepants

What does housepants mean?
Housepants means simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.
What part of speech is housepants?
Housepants is a noun.

Words near housepants in the dictionary

  1. houseowner
  2. houseowners
  3. housepainter
  4. housepainters
  5. housepainting
  6. housepants
  7. houseparent
  8. houseparents
  9. housepeople
  10. houseperson
  11. housepersons

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