trouser
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtɹaʊzə/
  • (America) enPR: trouʹzər, IPA: /ˈtɹaʊzɚ/
Noun

trouser (plural trousers)

  1. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.
    trouser leg
  2. (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.
    And this is our linen trouser, sir.
Verb

trouser (trousers, present participle trousering; simple past and past participle trousered)

  1. (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
  2. (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC ↗:
      Your aunt told him to pack Upjohn's bags, and the first thing he saw when he smacked into it was the speech. He trousered it and brought it along to me.
  3. (transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own); to pocket.



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