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The British English term, short trousers, is used, only for shorts that are a short version of ordinary trousers (i.e., pants or slacks in American English). For example: tailored shorts, often lined, as typically worn as part of a school uniform for boys up to their early teens, [1] [2] [3] and by servicemen and policemen in tropical climates.
All types of garments for the lower body which divide into two parts, one for each leg. Compare with the categories for Skirts and Dresses, which do not divide.For one-piece garments which include trousers or shorts for the lower part (like an overall), see One-piece suits.
The words trousers and pants are pluralia tantum, nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much like the words scissors and tongs, and as such pair of trousers is the usual correct form. However, the singular form is used in some compound words, such as trouser-leg, trouser-press and trouser-bottoms. [8]
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, and Bermuda shorts-clad Prince Charles in 1957. British military commanders Brooke-Popham and Wavell in World War II. The invention of Bermuda shorts is attributed to native Bermudian and tea shop owner Nathaniel Coxon, who in 1914 hemmed the uniform pants of his employees allowing for more comfort in summer heat.
Hotpants or hot pants are extremely short shorts. The term was first used by Women's Wear Daily in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics such as velvet and satin for fashionable wear, rather than their more practical equivalents that had been worn for sports or leisure since the 1930s.
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Until after World War I, in many English-speaking countries, boys customarily wore short pants in summer and "knee pants" similar to knickers in winter. At the onset of puberty or sometime in their teens, [1] they graduated to long trousers. In that era, the transition to "long pants" was a major rite of passage. [2]
Track suit trousers: Long leg bottoms made out of any fabric with elastic at the bottom joggers, [21] jogging bottoms, tracksuit bottoms [22] joggers, [24] pants Long leg bottoms trousers, [25] pants [26] (Northern England only) [27] pants [26] garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender specific term (women) knickers [28] panties [29]