housepants
English
Etymology
house + pants
Noun
housepants pl (plural only)
- 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.
- 2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat (→ISBN), page 40:
Alternative forms
- house pants