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sit-upons

sit-upons noun: trousers. Also the plural of sit-upon.

Noun

sit-upons

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Trousers.
    • But I should advise you, old fellow, to get your sit-upons seated with wash-leather,—just like the eleventh hussars do with their cherry-coloured pants.1860, Cuthbert Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, volumes 1-3, page 89

Also used as

sit-upons is also the plural of sit-upon.

Questions about sit-upons

What does sit-upons mean?
Sit-upons means trousers.
What part of speech is sit-upons?
Sit-upons is a noun.

Words near sit-upons in the dictionary

  1. sit-skis
  2. sit-up
  3. sit-up-and-beg
  4. sit-up-and-begs
  5. sit-upon
  6. sit-upons
  7. sit-ups
  8. Sita
  9. Sita Buzăului
  10. sitable
  11. sitafloxacin

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