drop trou

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 08:42:15PM -0700, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> "Trou" for trousers appears in the West Point yearbook _The Howitzer_ as early as 1911.
>
>   The earliest evidence the HDAS files have for "drop trou," however, is as late as 1968. It has been pretty well known in student circles since then.
>

Thanks for this, Jon.

See also the extended discussion we had on this back in late
December, which I forgot about when I wrote my original reply.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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