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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TROOSERS, n. Also in sing. trooser (wm.Sc. 1906 H. Foulis Vital Spark xiv.). Dim. troosis (Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 48). Gen.Sc. form of Eng. trousers. [′truzər(z)]Edb. 1986 Fred Urquhart in Joy Hendry Chapman 46 43:
" ... Then, half an hour after that, when Big Isa wanted to go to the shunky, I found him there wi' his troosers round his ankles." Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 1:
The Blackshirts, the Brownshirts, the Blueshirts, fascists of every colour an country came up against the men an women ae no mean city, against grey simmets an bunnets an headscarfs, against troosers tied wae string an shoes that let the rain in, against guns that were auld enough tae remember Waterloo. Lnk. 1997 Duncan Glen From Upland Man 10:
And muckle rockin-horse heich as the pownie in the field
if no sae fat and wi an itchier, scartin coat for a boy
in short troosers.