long-trousers

Updated: July 6, 2025

But if you think that looks odd, what will you say to the officers of the Highland regiments? Their full dress is almost as immodest in a different way as that of some women, and one of the most exquisite paradoxes of British custom is that a Highland undress uniform consists of the addition of long-trousers more clothes than they wear in dress uniform. Cairo is cosmopolitan.

Lilian Bell - As Seen By Me