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Definition of Trouser press
1. Noun. A home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out.
Definition of Trouser press
1. Noun. electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trouser Press
Literary usage of Trouser press
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland by Jenny Rees (2000)
"Each bedroom, named after an Irish writer, has a dressing-room with trouser
press (not that we rate these very highly as creature comforts, ..."
2. Recommended Country Hotels of Britain 2004 by Hunter Publishing, Incorporated (2004)
"... after local flora and place-names, all have a private bath or shower, colour
television, direct-dial telephone, trouser press and tea-making facilities. ..."
3. The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K (1)," by Ian Hay (1916)
"Have you seen Our Active Service Trouser-Press? By the end of April Bobby Little
had accumulated, with a view to facilitating the destruction of the foe ..."
4. My American Diary by Clare Sheridan (1922)
"At Harvard he paid his own way by buying up the trouser press industry and
syndicating it, and putting himself at the head. He made a fortune by pressing ..."
5. The Room by Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1922)
"... though things didn't happen," blurted out Mr. Maxwell, bending over his
trouser-press, to his wife already in bed. "And of course it stands to reason ..."
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