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trews

/tɹuːz/

trews noun: trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.

Noun

trews pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only) Trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.

Proper noun capitalized: Trews

Trews

  1. (plural) plural of Trew

Origin of trews

From Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Middle Irish triubus.

Words formed from trews

Words that rhyme with trews

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Questions about trews

What does trews mean?
Trews means trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.
What part of speech is trews?
Trews can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce trews?
Trews is pronounced /tɹuːz/.

Words near trews in the dictionary

  1. Trewilga
  2. Trewin
  3. Trewint
  4. Trewlove
  5. Trewoon
  6. trews
  7. trewsman
  8. trewsmen
  9. trewth
  10. trewths
  11. Trexler

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