dress pants

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dress pants pl (plural only)

  1. Formal pants (i.e., trousers).
    • 1849, H[enry] F. McKillop, Reminiscences of Twelve Months’ Service in New Zealand as a Midshipman, During the Late Disturbances in That Colony, London: Richard Bentley, [], page 38:
      [] this ended in a sad catastrophe happening to his blue dress pants, which could not stand the repeated tests of strength they were put to.
    • 1851 October, “Reedyrill. V.—The Pigeon Roost.”, in Thomas Prentice Kettell, editor, The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review, volume XXIX, New York, N.Y.: Kettell & Moore, page 337:
      I wore a pair of buckskin moccasins coming up to my knees, and a smock frock of Kentucky jeans, as did the most of us, except Montmery, who had been making visits that day, and came off in a hurry with a pair of black doeskin dress pants, strapped down over patent leather pumps; []
    • 2007, Jeanette Henderson, Roy Henderson, There’s No Such Thing as Public Speaking: Make Any Presentation or Speech as Persuasive as a One-on-One Conversation, →ISBN:
      When your Reactor is in jeans, you should wear dress pants or a casual dress. When your Reactor is in dress pants, you should be wearing a nice suit or a more tailored dress, and so on.

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