unutterables en · NOUN
Etymology
One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of unutterable
form of unutterable
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(plural, plural-only, slang) Trousers.
[…] not liking to sit in wet trousers took them off and hung them up before the fire to dry. He presented a very picturesque appearance wanting his unutterables.
1961, Thomas Cather, Thomas Yoseloff, Voyage to America: The Journals of Thomas Cather, page 156: