lederhosen

Meaning

Noun

A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria.

Origin

Borrowed from German Lederhose. The -n added at the end of the singular nominative is either a feature of the Bavarian dialect or the regular German plural form, which is only used to refer to several pairs.

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