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  • At least if he was a hologram you could peer up his trouserleg for a glimpse of his boxers.

    To watch 3D TV, you have to stand up. And wear stupid glasses? Charlie Brooker 2010

  • And you still can't see up Noel Edmonds's trouserleg

    To watch 3D TV, you have to stand up. And wear stupid glasses? Charlie Brooker 2010

  • No luck then either, as we were trying to eat picnics in the lashing rain, shielded only by raincoats and Dan's hella big umbrella that nevertheless got my left trouserleg sopping wet.

    Truck 2006, yes, already concourse 2006

  • CI RIFLETTERO, Stephen said, glancing down the solid trouserleg. —

    Ulysses 2003

  • As he walked he took the folded FREEMAN from his sidepocket, unfolded it, rolled it lengthwise in a baton and tapped it at each sauntering step against his trouserleg.

    Ulysses 2003

  • He placed the infant carefully on the PVC and reached for the baby-wipes, which was when he caught sight of the washing basket, a still-dripping trouserleg dangling over the side.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Meatballs rolled down his trouserleg and Annie's skirt.

    Calling A Dead Man Cross, Gillian 2001

  • As he moved toward the next, which seemed to be a clump of grass, something chafed in his trouserleg.

    Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993

  • As he walked he took the folded _Freeman_ from his sidepocket, unfolded it, rolled it lengthwise in a baton and tapped it at each sauntering step against his trouserleg.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • -- _Ci rifletterò, _ Stephen said, glancing down the solid trouserleg.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

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