trouserette

English

Etymology

From trouser +‎ -ette.

Noun

trouserette (plural trouserettes)

1. Alternative form of trouserettes
   • 1911 March 19, “No Trouser Skirts for Them: Suffragists Have No Use for Bifurcated Garments”, in The Sioux City Journal, page 6:

     Dr. Anna Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage association, while distinctly against the trouserette proposition, did not go so far as to prefer the hobble skirt.

   • 1913, Harper’s Weekly, page 41:

     Mrs. John E. Boldt, a New York suffragette, wearing the corsetless trouserette costume which she advocates for women

   • 1913 July 9, The Laurel Outlook, volume 105, number 1, published 10 July 2013, section 2, page 5:

     “What we need to break the shackles and free these slaves of fashion is a leader,” remarked Mrs. Boldt, attired in her corset-less trouserette costume.

   • 1918 August 18, Suzanne, “Khaki and Trouserette Outfits Please Women”, in Sunday Express, volume VIII, number 46, Los Angeles, Calif., page 7:

     Though the world does not entirely acknowledge the safety and usefulness of the trouserette, the majority of the American women do, and so, in many a kitchen, home and home garden, the trouserette has found its way and is doing its bit toward helping woman do hers. […] In no sense need the trouserette resemble a uniform for it allows of as much individuality as would be found in a woman’s frocks.