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le⋅der⋅ho⋅sen

  [ley-der-hoh-zuhn]
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–plural noun
leather shorts, usually with suspenders, worn esp. in Bavaria.
Origin:
1935–40; < G, equiv. to Leder leather + Hosen trousers, shorts
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Der Trachtenversand
Setangebote ab EUR 119,90 ! Landhaus-Leder und Trachtenmode
www.bavarian-superstore.de
Authentic Lederhosen
Imported from Germany, Lederhosen Bundhosen, German gifts
www.TouchofBavaria.com
le·der·ho·sen   (lā'dər-hō'zən)   
pl.n.  Leather shorts, often with suspenders, worn by men and boys, especially in Bavaria.

[German, from Middle High German lederhose : leder, leather (from Old High German ledar) + hose, trousers (from Old High German hosa; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

lederhosen 
1937, from Ger., lit. "leather trousers" (see leather and hose). Leather shorts worn in Alpine regions. O.E. had cognate leðerhose. Ger. hosen displaced O.H.G. bruch (see breeches), the basic Gmc. word for "trousers."
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