subs. phr. (common).—Trousers: see KICKS.
1850. F. E. SMEDLEY, Frank Fairlegh, 25. I put a piece of cobbler’s wax on the seat of Mildman’s chair, and ruined his best Sunday-going SIT-UPONS.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, II. x. I should advise you, old fellow, to get your SIT-UPONS seated with wash-leather.
