sit-upons

noun — 2 senses

sit-upons

noun
1

plural of sit-upon

2

UK, Obsolete, Slang Trousers.

  • But I should advise you, old fellow, to get your sit-upons seated with wash-leather,—just like the eleventh hussars do with their cherry-coloured pants.1860, Cuthbert Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, volumes 1-3, page 89:

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