in short trousers in English

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Etymology: From an early 20th century practice of reserving short pants only for small children. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in short trousers}} in short trousers, {{en-PP|in short trousers}} in short trousers

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  "etymology_text": "From an early 20th century practice of reserving short pants only for small children.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": "in short trousers"
      },
      "expansion": "in short trousers",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "1": "in short trousers"
      },
      "expansion": "in short trousers",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We didn't have computers or mobile phones back when I was in short trousers!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In childhood; as a child."
      ],
      "id": "en-in_short_trousers-en-prep_phrase-mHQel2Hu",
      "links": [
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          "childhood"
        ],
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          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In childhood; as a child."
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "North-America"
          ],
          "word": "in short pants"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in short trousers"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From an early 20th century practice of reserving short pants only for small children.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": "in short trousers"
      },
      "expansion": "in short trousers",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in short trousers"
      },
      "expansion": "in short trousers",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We didn't have computers or mobile phones back when I was in short trousers!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In childhood; as a child."
      ],
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        [
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          "childhood"
        ],
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          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In childhood; as a child."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "North-America"
      ],
      "word": "in short pants"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in short trousers"
}

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"in short trousers" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase