Used in a Sentence

trousered

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trousered.

Editorial note

It looks like this guy just trousered as much as thought he could get away with.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Dressed in trousers.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trousered gathered in one view.

adjective

Dressed in trousers.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trousered.

Example sentences

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It looks like this guy just trousered as much as thought he could get away with.

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We trousered apes are so primitive and utterly dim when it comes to interspecies communication.

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In all other cases they simply trousered it, thus showing that they blindly trusted me.

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.

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Have you read the ragged trousered phillanthropists?

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Billions and billions trousered by fraudsters.

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I believe similar points are made in Robert Tressell's 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists', in which he debunks a lot of the negativity surrounding socialism and makes very powerful arguments in favour of it.

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> We trousered apes are so primitive and utterly dim when it comes to interspecies communication I know this is a common and cute framing.

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It reminds me of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists where the capitalists conspire to make the local government purchase their failing electric company (written in 1910): 'Something will 'ave to be done, and that very soon,' Grinder was saying.

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Have you read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell?[0] He himself was a working class man making the case for Socialism, and why capitalism, a system which is designed to keep one class below the other, is not favourable.

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> Have you read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell?[0] He himself was a working class man making the case for Socialism, and why capitalism, a system which is designed to keep one class below the other, is not favourable.

Quote examples

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And in a similar vein there's also Robert Tressell's "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" which is an amazing story even for the modern labour movement.

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He just trousered $750k for his imaginary "First Edit" NFT.

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Or (slightly easier) Tressel's "Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" which makes exactly the point about how the poor become convinced that it's better to give more things to the rich.

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So your assuming that being a good little Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist" is a good idea, and we should touch our caps to the software mill owner.

Proper noun examples

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This is the sort of naivety that Robert Tressell exposed in The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use trousered in a sentence?

It looks like this guy just trousered as much as thought he could get away with.

What does trousered mean?

Dressed in trousers.

What part of speech is trousered?

trousered is commonly used as adjective.