Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cloth for making trousers, especially material made for the purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cloth or material for making trousers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
trouser . - noun dated
fabric for makingtrousers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any fabric used to make trousers
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Examples
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On employment, it's completely wrong to somehow claim MPs are 'trousering' an average
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Far too many council workers earning more than £58,000, and too many chief executives trousering fat salaries, says Eric.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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"Yes, a simple gesture of love," concludes the shop monster, trousering £20.
David Mitchell: Do your bit for Britain and send gifts to people you don't like very much 2011
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"Yes, a simple gesture of love," concludes the shop monster, trousering £20.
David Mitchell: Do your bit for Britain and send gifts to people you don't like very much 2011
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When a society's instincts for the good have been corroded by the sight of bankers trousering bonuses that dwarf the lifetime salary of an average employee, or by the rise of a super-rich City-based clique which threatens to leave for somewhere more congenial when asked to contribute taxes, is it so much of a surprise that the people occupying the bottom rungs of the ladder start behaving badly too?
From top to bottom we need a new ethic of responsibility | Observer editorial 2011
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Many bankers are still happy to live with the consequences of their questionable practices – and keep trousering their bonuses
Heard the one about the top banker who said sorry? No, me neither 2010
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A flat-rate tax, though, probably just made them suck a little harder, albeit with Betfair trousering some of the proceeds.
Betfair flotation may give potential shareholders a sinking feeling 2010
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Were it another bailed-out company's Chief Executive trousering a £703,000 annual pension they might view the matter as just the sort of corporate fecklessness Fred the Shred inveighed against when he lined up fresh victims for RBS's takeover machine.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Were it another bailed-out company's Chief Executive trousering a £703,000 annual pension they might view the matter as just the sort of corporate fecklessness Fred the Shred inveighed against when he lined up fresh victims for RBS's takeover machine.
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The newly revealed generous pay packets that the chief execs are trousering would not be so disquieting if they did the job that they ought to be doing.
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