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trews Definition

trews (tro̵̅o̅z)

Scot. trousers, esp. tartan trousers

Etymology: Gael triubhas

trews Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: These were close-fitting trousers like tights in modern times Highlanders often wore trews, especially in winter.
  • shear: Some may think that tossing the caber and dancing the ' shorn trews ' are quaint relics of a bygone culture.

Noun used with modifier

  • tartan: The native musicians in this band were dressed in tunics of green cloth over Sutherland tartan trews.

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