housepants

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English

Etymology

From house +‎ pants.

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Noun

housepants pl (plural only)

  1. Simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.
    • 2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat, →ISBN, page 40:
      She wears a thin T-shirt, and housepants. It is obvious where AUTUMN got her looks.
    • 2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, →ISBN:
      Changing his plaid housepants because he didn't shake well enough after pissing and had dribbled on them and they now smelled like piss.

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