Что (кто) такое pantaloon - определение
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Pantaloons; Pantaloon (disambiguation)
pantaloon
¦ noun
1. (pantaloons) women's baggy trousers gathered at the ankles.
historical men's close-fitting breeches fastened below the calf or at the foot.
2. (Pantaloon) a character in Italian commedia dell'arte represented as a foolish old man wearing pantaloons.
Origin
C16: from Fr. pantalon, from the Ital. name Pantalone 'Pantaloon'.
Pantaloon
·noun In recent times, ·same·as Trousers.
II. Pantaloon ·noun A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
III. Pantaloon ·noun A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.
Pantaloon
a character in Italian commedia dell'arte represented as a foolish old man wearing pantaloons.
Википедия
Pantaloon
Pantaloon (from Italian Pantalone), is a traditional greedy merchant character in 16th-century Italian Commedia dell'arte.
Pantaloon or Pantaloons may also refer to:
Примеры употребления для pantaloon
1. Kishore Biyani, chief executive of Pantaloon Retail, the largest retailer in India, is ambivalent about the comparison with Wal–Mart.
2. Mr Biyani said his response to the cash and carry opening up would be to develop further his Pantaloon group.
3. In the quarter, the company opened five ‘Big Bazzar‘ stores, two Food Bazaars, three ‘Pantaloon‘ stores and two Fashion Stations in various cities in the country, it said.
4. At Pantaloon Retail Ltd., selling everything from food to furnishings, monthly sales consistently come in at double the level of a year ago.
5. India’s largest discount retailer, Pantaloon Retail, funds two–year retail–management courses at two colleges in Bombay and will soon set up its own retail school.