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short pants

short pants noun: short trousers.

Noun

short pants pl (plural only)

  1. (Canada, US, dated, plural, plural-only) short trousers
    • You can be young enough to wear short pants or old enough to hide your opponents' shoes with your beard over a disputed point.1935, Skagit Darigold

Origin of short pants

From short + pants.

Words formed from short pants

Questions about short pants

What does short pants mean?
Short pants means short trousers.
What part of speech is short pants?
Short pants is a noun.

Words near short pants in the dictionary

  1. short on looks
  2. short oo
  3. short order
  4. short orders
  5. short out
  6. short pants
  7. short pass
  8. short passes
  9. short passive
  10. short pastries
  11. short pastry

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