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Idiom

round the houses

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

trousers

Examples

“I need to buy a new pair of round the houses.”

“He realized he had a hole in his round the houses just before the meeting.”

“After the long hike, he carefully brushed the dried mud from his round the houses before entering the house.”

Examples

simple

“I need to buy a new pair of round the houses.”

contextual

“He realized he had a hole in his round the houses just before the meeting.”

complex

“After the long hike, he carefully brushed the dried mud from his round the houses before entering the house.”

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