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lederhosen

le·der·ho·sen

UK/ˈleɪdəˌhəʊzən/ US/ˈleɪdɚˌhoʊzən/ uncommon

noun

1.

leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria

Origin

Borrowed from German Lederhose (literally “leather trousers”). The final -n probably from the German plural; alternatively influenced by Bavarian Lederhosn (singular and plural).

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