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PLUS FOURS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plus fours mean? 

PLUS FOURS (noun)
  The noun PLUS FOURS has 1 sense:

1. men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)play

  Familiarity information: PLUS FOURS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLUS FOURS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plus fours" is a kind of...):

breeches; knee breeches; knee pants; knickerbockers; knickers ((used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)


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