pantaloon

IPA: pˈæntʌɫun

noun

  • An aging buffoon.
  • Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
  • A kind of fabric.
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Examples of "pantaloon" in Sentences

  • The pantaloons have always been part of the outfit.
  • Unable to resist the bait, Pantaloon comes out to talk with him.
  • Pants come from the word "pantaloon" which was originally underwear.
  • His neighbor perhaps will be an old gentleman, the very type of the old "pantaloon" whose mask was in the old comedy supposed to be the impersonation of
  • Pantaloons in our Pantomimes: though Colney says that the multiplication of the pantaloon is a distinct advance to representative truth -- and bother Colney!
  • Clowns and Pantaloons in our Pantomimes: though Colney says that the multiplication of the pantaloon is a distinct advance to representative truth -- and bother Colney!
  • The principal one resembled the clown of modern pantomime; another was a kind of pantaloon or charlatan, and much of the rest consisted of practical jokes, like that of the Italian Polincinella.
  • The first non-Discworld Pratchett in decades has the familiar mix of serious plotting and underlying farce, as an iconoclastic Polynesian lad and a properly raised Victorian lass carry on through tsunami, plague, shipwreck, pigs, pantaloon birds, gods, grandparents and cannibals.
  • I've owned and worn pantaloon and tunic sets in bright, cool cottons; let me be the first to recommend these, also I've worn the Malaysian tunic and long pleated skirt sets; also incredibly comfortable; remember, these styles have been developed and worn by people who live in tropical heat year in, year out.

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