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trunk hose

trunk hose is the alternative form of trunkhose.

Meaning of trunkhose

Noun

trunkhose pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Short, full and bag-like breeches covering the hips and thighs, sometimes stuffed with wool or other material, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    Synonyms:
    trunk breeches

Questions about trunk hose

What is trunk hose the alternative form of?
Trunk hose is the alternative form of trunkhose.

Words near trunk hose in the dictionary

  1. trunk breeches
  2. trunk briefs
  3. trunk call
  4. trunk calls
  5. Trunk Cay
  6. trunk hose
  7. trunk line
  8. trunk lines
  9. trunk novel
  10. trunk novels
  11. trunk or treat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trunk hose (page history and authors); trunkhose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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