Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shortclothes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shortclothes \Short"clothes`\, n.
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers
which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
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