round the houses

slang Trousers. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "houses" rhymes with the Cockney pronunciation of "trousers." Primarily heard in UK. I'm off to meet me old china, but the round the houses I was wearing split right down the back!

See also: house, round

See also:

do (one's) bird
do bird
trouble and strife
sweat sock
sweaty sock
brassic lint
Brahms and Liszt
half-inch
cherry ripe
china

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