housepants

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noun

Simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.

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Meanings

nounhousepants pl (plural only)

alternative house pants

  1. pluralplural onlySimple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.

    She wears a thin T-shirt, and housepants. It is obvious where AUTUMN got her looks.

    2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat, →ISBN, page 40
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    Changing his plaid housepants because he didn't shake well enough after pissing and had dribbled on them and they now smelled like piss.

    2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, →ISBN

Origin

From house + pants.

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Chicago

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