unutterables

English

Etymology

One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.

Noun

unutterables pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Trousers.
    • 1961, Thomas Cather, ‎Thomas Yoseloff, Voyage to America: The Journals of Thomas Cather (page 156)
      […] not liking to sit in wet trousers took them off and hung them up before the fire to dry. He presented a very picturesque appearance wanting his unutterables.

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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