"half-pant" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: half + pant. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|half|pant}} half + pant Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} half-pant
  1. (India) Shorts. Tags: India Synonyms: half pant
    Sense id: en-half-pant-en-noun-5yLWJ1zu Categories (other): Indian English

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          "ref": "2011, Bhaskar Majumder, Rethinking Villages, page 102",
          "text": "Children wear half pant-banyan or shirt, or knicker and shirt. Middle class men of the older generation wear dhoti-kurta or pyjama-kurta, and sadari (a kind of jacket), over the kurta.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, P. Shankar, Where Gods Die, page 146",
          "text": "A normal tendency for buying a gift is that it should be attractive like the saree of a woman, useful like the trousers of a man and costs like the half pant of a child.",
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