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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
lederhosen
 
SYLLABICATION:le·der·ho·sen
PRONUNCIATION:  ldr-hzn
PLURAL NOUN: Leather shorts, often with suspenders, worn by men and boys, especially in Bavaria.
ETYMOLOGY:German, from Middle High German lederhose : leder, leather (from Old High German ledar) + hose, trousers (from Old High German hosa; see (s)keu- in Appendix I).
 
 
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