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overtrousers

overtrousers noun: trousers to be worn over a similar inner garment.

Noun

overtrousers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Trousers to be worn over a similar inner garment.
    • Then, moving as quietly and efficiently as he could, he opened his backpack and took out his balaclava and a pair of overtrousers.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 240

Origin of overtrousers

From over- + trousers.

Questions about overtrousers

What does overtrousers mean?
Overtrousers means trousers to be worn over a similar inner garment.
What part of speech is overtrousers?
Overtrousers is a noun.

Words near overtrousers in the dictionary

  1. overtrodden
  2. overtrouble
  3. overtroubled
  4. overtroubles
  5. overtroubling
  6. overtrousers
  7. overtrue
  8. overtrump
  9. overtrumped
  10. overtrumping
  11. overtrumps

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