Breeches.
“Corinthians and exquisites from Bond Street, sporting an eye-glass, … waiting-men in laced coats and plush unmentionables of yellow, green, blue, red, and all the primary colours.”—Rev. N. S. Wheaton: Journal (1830).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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