You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. From LearnThat.org. [Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)]
He would also have been in short trousers at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Some by Fire]
When he was a boy in short trousers he had learned from. From Wordnik.com. [Way of the Lawless] Reference
They were in short trousers, and the eldest enemy, it may be, was ten. From Wordnik.com. [Lin McLean] Reference
I came to Madrid on a freezing winter day, in short trousers and a T-shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference
East at college, a small, stocky, unrecognizable Jim, in short trousers and straw hat. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Julia Page] Reference
He was dressed in short trousers, heavy socks, and spiked boots, and a faded blue shirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of the Game] Reference
Having no trousers is a problem, since they seem to be de rigeur here, except for old ladies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Madrid, shivering in short trousers when he arrived at Barajas airport, lonely and frightened. From Wordnik.com. [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference
The woman was several years older, square-faced, in short trousers and a baggy armless blouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
For those in short trousers there may be a chance to start all over again after the liquidation. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron's folly] Reference
He told me that his grandfather was married in short trousers and never lived to get in long ones. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
Then, from out of the trees, a small wizen-faced man in short trousers and natty grey cap appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Here she saw a handmaid bearing on her shoulder a boy, clad in trousers laced with silver and a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Men dressed only in short trousers were carrying boxes and chests on board, their backs slick with sweat. From Wordnik.com. [Voice of the Gods]
I always have a bit more trust in people who were there at the time (and not in short trousers) like Kay. From Wordnik.com. [In Brown's debt] Reference
They already make shirts and trousers from the new fibre and in the Spring, jeans will be put on the market. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Japan: A brief review of the eco-technologies] Reference
Tony Luttrell is an honorable gentleman, if he is just in short trousers yet, and I appreciate his friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis] Reference
A friend of mine in Paget's Horse will not have them called trousers, but always alludes to them as leg casings. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
I think I was still in short trousers, and that's it, a little boy coming home from school, being completely fascinated by it. From Wordnik.com. [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference
Mind you, when all this was being decided upon he was still running around the playground in short trousers hiding from the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
And for the record, I have been rabidly atheist since I was in short trousers, and I have no connection with the oil industry. fFreddy. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio: Here We Go Again - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Let us laugh with all our lungs at the old women in trousers who are afraid of war, and therefore complain that it is cruel and hideous. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson and the Doctrine of Sovereignty] Reference
(he was still in short trousers) when they were alone and he stole an arm round her waist she went white to the very lips. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Intellectually Miliband is still in short trousers. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
It looked as if his trousers were the only attachment. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
The vast majority of people in the UK do not call trousers pants. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
I suspect that when the last male Speaker wore tights, Fraser was still in short trousers. From Wordnik.com. [It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity...] Reference
If you're a meeting with colleagues and you suddenly drop your trousers, that is unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollywood Liberal] Reference
After a year in the UK, calling trousers 'pants' is still the hardest British-ism for me together ov. From Wordnik.com. [MamaPop™ - Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News From Hollywood For Parents] Reference
I saw that his trousers were a smooth length of fabric — no pockets, no seams, not even the zip of a fly. From Wordnik.com. [The Man From the Circus] Reference
Macintosh leggings to go over the trousers are a great comfort in heavy showers, especially when riding. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
The trousers were the worst part of the costume, but the coat was long enough, in a great measure, to hide them. From Wordnik.com. [Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel] Reference
He wore the gray trousers and the little blue shirt; the trousers were a little too long, the shirt a perfect fit. From Wordnik.com. [Understood Betsy] Reference
His pressing fingers relaxed and fell away, and there on the waistband of his trousers was the spreading patch of blood. From Wordnik.com. [Knockdown]
Not an article of his visible clothing had been paid for, and the ten-cent piece in a pocket of his trousers was his total cash balance. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
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