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Pants

noun

Underpants worn by women. Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, knickers.

Pant

verb

(past & past part. panted; pres. part. panting)

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. Synonyms: gasp, heave, puff.

Utter while panting, as if out of breath.

noun

The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately. Synonym: trouser.

A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. Synonym: gasp.

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... eggs, and nice bread and butter. I never sat down to a more plentiful or a nicer breakfast. I wish you could have seen the eggs and the great dishes of meat. Sis is delighted, and we are both in excellent spirits. She has coughed hardly any, and had no night-sweat. She is now busy mending my pants, which I tore against a nail. I went out last night and bought a skein of silk, a skein of thread, two buttons, a pair of slippers, and a tin pan for the stove. The fire kept all night. We have now got four dollars and a half left. To-morrow I am going to try and borrow ...

— Home Life of Great Authors • Hattie Tyng Griswold

... mattresses and blankets. Each had his bunk, this divan serving in the place of berths. The captain had his toward the forward end of the apartment. Guard bunked directly under him on an old jacket and pants. Along the port-side there was made fast a strong broad shelf, at table-height, running the entire length: this was for our books and instruments. The captain had the forward end of it, the part fronting his bunk, for his charts and papers. ...

— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens

... No," says the face of Mr. Blatchford, suddenly appearing at the window, "your thoughts are the inevitable result of heredity and environment. Your thoughts are as material as your dungeons. Your thoughts are as mechanical as the guillotine." So pants this strange comforter, ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... or six, all sizes. And they look white as big pillows. There's one that looks as though he had on white pants, and his long white beard makes him look like an old man. He's looking right down the mountain. You can see them plain against ...

— The Young Alaskans in the Rockies • Emerson Hough

... a word about dat!" put in Alexander Pop. "I dun gone an' buy me a new pair ob checked pants las' week — an' a new silk hat, too!" And the negro was almost ready to cry with vexation at the thought that those new clothes, with which he had hoped to cut such a dash, would go ...

— The Rover Boys on the Ocean • Arthur M. Winfield

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