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Trousers vs Clamdiggers - What's the difference?

trousers | clamdiggers |

As nouns the difference between trousers and clamdiggers

is that trousers is an article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg while clamdiggers is waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.

trousers

English

(wikipedia trousers)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
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  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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    • Synonyms

    * (article of clothing) (Australia)

    Usage notes

    * "Pants" is about four times more common in the US than "trousers", based on use in COCA. * "Trousers" is about nine times more common in the UK than "pants", based on use in BNC. * "Slacks" about one tenth as common as "pants" in the US and "trousers" in the UK.

    Hyponyms

    * jeans * pantaloons * shorts * slacks * See also

    References

    English pluralia tantum

    clamdiggers

    English

    Noun

    (clamdiggers)
  • Waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.
  • A kind of trousers for women, short in length and often called capri pants

    • References

    http://apparel.drleonards.com/Apparel/Womens-Separates/Fancy-Clamdiggers/50710.cfm