broeks, plural noun
/brʊks/
- Forms:
- Also brooks.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, EnglishShow more Afrikaans broek pair of trousers + English plural suffix -s.
colloquial
a. Trousers or slacks for either sex. Cf. broek sense 2.
1861 Queenstown Free Press 4 Dec. (Pettman)Socks of course he wore none, and the tanned broeks had slightly contracted in their washing.
b. broekies.
c1966 M. Jabour in New S. Afr. Writing 96‘He pushed me down, he threw mud on me, and,’ she paused dramatically, ‘he wanted to pull my broeks down.’
Trousers or slacks for either sex.
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