bicycle-trousers - Word in Context

Updated: March 6, 2026

Anyway, Th' Ole Man silenced his opponent by smothering his batteries all of which will be better understood when I explain that Th' Ole Man was large in stature, bluff, bold and strong-voiced, whereas Cobden-Sanderson is small, red-headed, meek, and wears bicycle-trousers.
Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 : Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors