kickseys, kicksies, n. pl. slang.
(ˈkɪksɪz)
Also -es.
[Cf. kick n.2 2.]
Breeches; trousers.
1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Kickseys, breeches;..a purse..got from the kickseys... To turn out a man's kickseys means to pick the pockets of them. 1834 H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. v. (1878) 189 Jist twig his swell kickseys and pipes. 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 52 A pair of Kerseymere Kicksies, any colour, built very slap up. |