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trouserette en · NOUN

Etymology

From trouser + -ette.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of trouserettes.
   alt of trouserettes
   • Though the world does not entirely acknowledge the safety and usefulness of the trouserette, the majority of the American women do, and so, in many a kitchen, home and home garden, the trouserette has found its way and is doing its bit toward helping woman do hers.[…]In no sense need the trouserette resemble a uniform for it allows of as much individuality as would be found in a woman’s frocks. 1918 August 18, Suzanne, “Khaki and Trouserette Outfits Please Women”, in Sunday Express, volume VIII, number 46, Los Angeles, Calif., page 7:
   • “What we need to break the shackles and free these slaves of fashion is a leader,” remarked Mrs. Boldt, attired in her corset-less trouserette costume. 1913 July 9, The Laurel Outlook, volume 105, number 1, published 10 July 2013, section 2, page 5:
   • Mrs. John E. Boldt, a New York suffragette, wearing the corsetless trouserette costume which she advocates for women 1913, Harper’s Weekly, page 41:
   • Dr. Anna Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage association, while distinctly against the trouserette proposition, did not go so far as to prefer the hobble skirt. 1911 March 19, “No Trouser Skirts for Them: Suffragists Have No Use for Bifurcated Garments”, in The Sioux City Journal, page 6:

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