subs. phr. (rhyming slang).—Trousers: cf. ROUNDS.
1892. MARSHALL, The Rhyme of the Rusher (The Sporting Times, 29 Oct.].
| And my ROUND THE HOUSES I tried to dry | |
| By the Anna Maria’s heat. |
1898. BINSTEAD, A Pink ’Un and a Pelican, 153. Mr Commissioner Kerr … once informed a snip who was after a chap for the price of a couple o’ pair o’ light ‘ROUND-MY-HOUSES’ … that there was no such thing as taking credit.
