Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, plural, plural only)A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.

    lange Unterhose

    кальсо́ныkalʹsóny, кальсо́ныkalʹsóny

More definitions
  • warm underwear with long legs

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
full-length undergarments:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
garment for bottom half of the body:

Origin

Reputedly named after American heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan (1858–1918); also posed

Reputedly named after American heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan (1858–1918); also posed as an approximation of French longues jambes (“long legs”); see Wikipedia.

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