pantdress

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Noun

pantdress (plural pantdresses)

1. (Canada, US) A pair of loose pants/trousers for women, resembling a dress.
   • 1967, Ebony, volume 23, number 1, page 165:

     Most deceptive pantdress is this deep-pleated one in bonded blue crepe from Stchli.

   • 1969, The New York Times Magazine (part 3)

     Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt!

   • 2000, Ruth Rubinstein, Society's Child: Identity, Clothing, And Style, page 222:

     Girls wore the pantdresses and culottes forbidden during school hours. Miniskirts and pantdresses “would have been unthinkable in this section of the country earlier,” a reporter observed.

See also

• culottes