inexpressibles
inexpressibles noun: breeches, trousers.
Noun
inexpressibles pl (plural only)
- Breeches, trousers.
- Have you never observed, through my inexpressibles, a large prominency, circa genitalia? It was a swelled testicle […] .1796, Edward Gibbon, letter, in Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 196
- For some years past the favorite costume of the out-and-out young gentleman has been a rough pilot coat, with two gilt hooks and eyes to the velvet collar; buttons somewhat larger than crown-pieces; a black or fancy neckerchief, loosely tied; a wide-brimmed hat, with a low crown; tightish...1833-36, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The Out and Out Young Gentleman", in The Oxford Illustrated Dickens, p. 596
Examples of inexpressibles in a sentence
- "Well , my good man ," said he , brushing off , with the arm of his coat , some dust that had settled on his inexpressibles1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:
- "I had barely the time, as he made for the cabin door, to grab him by the seat of his inexpressibles.1903, Joseph Conrad, Falk:
Origin of inexpressibles
From inexpressible + -s. Compare unmentionables (“underwear”).
Questions about inexpressibles
- What does inexpressibles mean?
- Inexpressibles means breeches, trousers.
- How do you use inexpressibles in a sentence?
- "Well , my good man ," said he , brushing off , with the arm of his coat , some dust that had settled on his inexpressibles
- What part of speech is inexpressibles?
- Inexpressibles is a noun.
Words near inexpressibles in the dictionary
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