unutterables

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English

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Etymology

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One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.

Noun

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unutterables pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Trousers.
    • 1961, Thomas Cather, Thomas Yoseloff, Voyage to America: The Journals of Thomas Cather, page 156:
      […] not liking to sit in wet trousers took them off and hung them up before the fire to dry. He presented a very picturesque appearance wanting his unutterables.

Noun

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unutterables

  1. plural of unutterable

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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