Trousers vs J - What's the difference?
trousers | j |
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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English pluralia tantum
The tenth letter of the .
palatal approximant
one
:: one ounce
(label) (l)
Image:Latin J.png, Capital and lowercase versions of J , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter J.png, Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur
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As a noun 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.As a letter j is
the tenth letter of the.As a symbol j is
the symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the international system of units.trousers
English
(wikipedia trousers)Noun
(en-plural noun)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 alsoReferences
j
Translingual
(wikipedia j)Letter
Symbol
(Palatal approximant) (head)- ?j